Dictionary

egotistical en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/ (US)

Etymology

Etymology tree English egotist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egotistic English -al English egotistical From egotistic + -al.

Meanings

1. Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
2. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.
   • All hanar have two names. The Face Name is known to the world; the Soul Name is kept for use among close friends and relations. Hanar never refer to themselves in the first person in conversation with someone they know on a Face Name basis. To do so is considered egotistical, so instead they refer to themselves as "this one", or the impersonal "it". 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hanar Codex entry:
   • “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.” 2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNN:
3. (nonstandard, qualifier:by confusion of the similar words) Egoistical (advocating egoism).

Forms

Deriveds

unegotistical · egotistically · nonegotistical

Relateds

egotism · egotist

Translations (12)

fi itsekeskeinen (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · es egotista (tending to talk excessively about oneself) · pdt ekjich (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · ga féinspéiseach (tending to talk excessively about oneself) · ca egotista (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · fi itserakas (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · cs naegovaný (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · ga féinspéiseach (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · ga leithleach (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · cmn 狂妄 (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · fi omahyväinen (believing oneself to be better and more important than others) · es egotista (believing oneself to be better and more important than others)