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

We're of service to something greater than ourselves and our own selfish, egoistic needs.

From Salon • May 26, 2023

In the show, Chao plays the truculent, egoistic chef Lucy Dang.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

One does not need to accept the egoistic theory of morals to concede that self-interest is an ally of morality, that Prudence and Virtue travel hand in hand a certain distance on the same road.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Adler, Felix