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egomania

[ee-goh-mey-nee-uh, -meyn-yuh, eg-oh-] / ˌi goʊˈmeɪ ni ə, -ˈmeɪn yə, ˌɛg oʊ- /


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Standing athwart this mountain of egomania was Francis.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Because the very traits that allowed the heel to stay on top – egomania, hubris, arrogance, lying, cheating, stealing, manipulation, bullying, and other bad behavior – are the cause of their final undoing.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2023

Those could be dismissed as stemming from laziness, egomania, or a cavalier relationship to legal rules and ethics.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 2, 2023

He referred to them as “unmasked egomania orgies” and said that most people might think twice about putting on these events right now but “most of the time he doesn’t even think once”.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2020

I saw him now as he was, a victim of egomania, a worldling, tyrannical, falsely sentimental, and unfaithful steward, a liar—perhaps even an unbeliever.

From The Dweller on the Threshold by Hichens, Robert Smythe