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egoism
noun as in self-centeredness
Strong matches
- 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
Example Sentences
Ethical egoism – which says that the ethical thing is that which brings about the greatest happiness for oneself – is a relevant ethical theory in this situation.
He spoke continually of himself, indeed, but still in enigmas; a veiled prophet of egoism.
What delicate comprehension of everything, what a loving heart, what a complete absence of egoism!
He has attained to annihilating himself, his hateful ego; but I too; it's not from egoism, I pray not.
My sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family.
And when, with cynical egoism, they have collected their unnumbered dollars, what do they do with them?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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