egoist

Example Sentences

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It’s egoist to want to procreate — I don’t need there to be another version of me.

From New York Times • May 3, 2021

It even links to modern artistic conventions, since Dürer — an ambitious egoist who monogrammed almost everything he made — was the first artist to use media as a branding tool.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2016

Unlike her two front-of-stage colleagues, McVie isn’t an apparent eccentric or egoist, but rather an understated craftsperson of plaintive easy listening and English soul.

From The Guardian • Oct. 1, 2014

The egoist doesn’t care about the public interest.   

From Forbes • Sep. 22, 2014

The single moment bears to all others the relation of an absolute egoist, who does not wish to relinquish any part of its satisfaction for their advantage.

From A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Williams, C. M.