egoistic

Example Sentences

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He said that taking his campaign to Oli's door was not "an egoistic decision", but was designed to create wider impact.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

What we can do—what many of us try to do over the course of our lives—is find our own unique hill on which we occupy the top and take our egoistic satisfaction that way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

She was regarded as aloof and egoistic, and could be contemptuous of actors she found lacking in commitment, bellicose in rehearsal rooms and unafraid of challenging eminent directors.

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2023

Magyar suggested reading the definition backward to better understand it: "The egoistic voter who wants to disregard other people and help solely himself can express this in a collective more easily than alone."

From Salon • Mar. 3, 2021

There is often also an egoistic regret, or one not called forth especially by the conscience, for a past action.

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