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egoisms

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

Antonyms

WEAK

altruism humility selflessness

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

STRONG

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting

Antonyms

STRONG

humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

WEAK

altruism selflessness

Example Sentences

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"Let us eradicate the prevailing mentality revolving around our ego and personal and national egoisms which determine every decision we take," he said.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021

The way a man handles his egoisms is a test of his mastery over an audience or a class of readers.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various

It would be, he saw, a conflict of egoisms, and he could not afford to risk his own.

From Spiritual Adventures by Symons, Arthur

Without this two egoisms cannot exist side by side and develop.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon

I begin this record with the columnar, self-reliant capital letter to signify that there is no disguise in its egoisms.

From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Holmes, Oliver Wendell