egotism
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Some of those are even remembered as the leaders who brought down great empires with their own hubris and egotism.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
Navalny was a social-media phenomenon, a charismatic speaker with some of the egotism of a natural-born leader.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2024
The single-actor format and clever use of camerawork give visual expression to the novel’s themes of overweening egotism and existential dread.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2024
Clay’s neuroses and egotism plays off of Whit’s sometimes exhausting eagerness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023
Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Vocabulary lists containing egotism
"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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"Nature" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Chapters 16–17
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