as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way
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Recent Examples of egoist
His characters come off as feisty egoists who enjoy sparring and comparing the size of their ambitions.
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Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
In Season 1, Jamie was introduced as a loud-mouthed egoist with an affinity for flamboyant clothing, often acting as an antagonist for Brett Goldstein’s often angry, introverted Roy Kent.
—Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
Burnham skewers himself as a virtue-signaling ally with a white-savior complex, a bully and an egoist who draws a Venn diagram and locates himself in the overlap between Weird Al and Malcolm X.
—New York Times, 1 June 2021
He has been described as an impulsive, narcissistic egoist who lives in the shadow of his father.
—James Muldoon, Time, 21 May 2018
Think of a romantic egoist writing about himself in a cold barracks on Sunday afternoons . .
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025
The adage about egoists who want to be the bride at every wedding proved literally true.
—Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 9 May 2025
At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.
—Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.
—Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
In Season 1, Jamie was introduced as a loud-mouthed egoist with an affinity for flamboyant clothing, often acting as an antagonist for Brett Goldstein’s often angry, introverted Roy Kent.
—Sam Wright, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
Burnham skewers himself as a virtue-signaling ally with a white-savior complex, a bully and an egoist who draws a Venn diagram and locates himself in the overlap between Weird Al and Malcolm X.
—New York Times, 1 June 2021
He has been described as an impulsive, narcissistic egoist who lives in the shadow of his father.
—James Muldoon, Time, 21 May 2018
Think of a romantic egoist writing about himself in a cold barracks on Sunday afternoons . .
—Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egoist
Noun
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My sister sees my mother as a narcissist who plays the martyr and who failed to protect us.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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If these tendencies sound familiar, your inner narcissist may be undermining your interview performance.—
Isabelita Castilho,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Kaitlyn Santa Juana plays a college student who learns that her grandmother cheated Death decades ago, and now that jerk is coming to take out her whole family via various creatively gnarly, Rube Goldberg-esque kills.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Mid-performance, the prop jerks downward after slipping from its wire, causing a drop that nearly unseats her.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Carnival Midway’s cast of trapeze artists, aerialists, jugglers and clowns perform every hour on the half hour, starting at 1:30 p.m. (on weekends, the show kicks off at 11:30a.m.).—
Alex Schechter,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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Guests were surrounded by a surreal landscape of vanishing walls, floating furniture, and a creepy clown with a menacing smile.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Egoist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egoist. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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