egotist

noun

as in egoist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests she's an egotist who bores her coworkers with endless ruminations about herself and her problems

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Recent Examples of egotist Fittingly, the song’s thumping beat is heard twice, real loud, in Rosebush Pruning, Karim Aїnouz’s high-gloss, pitch-dark satire about an American family described by one of its scions as mediocre, vapid egotists, who will never have to work thanks to a large inheritance. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egotist
  1. egoist
  2. egomaniac
  3. narcissist
  4. jerk
  5. clown
Noun
  • By default, these devices mark the wearer not only as a geek, but as a try-hard and an egoist.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The former vice-president’s characterizations of peers such as Pete Buttigieg (talented but too gay for the America to accept as her running mate), and Josh Shapiro (an egoist) are not particularly juicy, but have already caused bad blood.
    — Book Marks September 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Definition of egoist
Noun
  • But Oppenheim and screenwriter Ajon Singh, who based his take on Luke Dittrich’s Esquire article, Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die, are a tad heavy-handed in making Hansen a borderline-unhinged egomaniac from the start.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • For making terrible arguments, for being such an egomaniac, and for allowing the opportunity for more people to experience my sisters.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 30 July 2026
Definition of egomaniac
Noun
  • Here are the strategies my clients use to talk about their wins without pissing off their teams or sounding like narcissists.
    — Melody Wilding, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jeon Do-yeon, who plays the family’s matriarch, is colorfully slinky as a globe-trotting party widow, a vain, compulsively seductive narcissist who macks on her daughters’ men like a Real Housewife given a villain’s edit.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of narcissist
Noun
  • Bella’s childhood friend Angus (Jake Simmance), a corporate jerk, condescendingly probes Johnny about his career.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There was significant excitement over the first-look footage revealing perhaps the world’s biggest movie star transforming himself to become a portly, gray-haired jerk in an offbeat feature focusing on climate change.
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of jerk
Noun
  • The brand featured a thematic clown mascot and the beloved product was sold in famously reusable glassware.
    — Joey Skladany, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
  • What followed were Zoom-inclusive mediation meetings, the revelation of tens of thousands of dollars of debt, and something about clown school.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of clown

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“Egotist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egotist. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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