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Recent Examples of egomania Each aria-song, through middling Latin pop and rap hybrids, expresses the egomania of sociopaths. Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025 Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024 There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023 The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania. Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020 Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020). Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019 Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania, drugs, booze. Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egomania
Noun
  • Among their inspiring behaviors, these characters deserve to also express pettiness and selfishness, or, at the very least, more wit.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
  • At a moment in American political culture when selfishness abides — when giving is seen as weakness and costly — Redford’s lesson feels timelier than ever.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Powers is really a one-time star quarterback Russ Holliday who bowed out of the game in disgrace following an incident where his oversized ego over-engaged with a fan.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Well, there are 8 billion people in the world and some of them have very strong egos and some are very rich.
    Rob Stein, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Happy Valentine’s Day card The vanity in the dressing room of the pop-up is the Easter egg mother lode, according to the Spotify reps, who encouraged us to look closely on it for clues.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This means cleaning your toilet, vanity countertops, and scrubbing the shower door and tiles.
    Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His narcissism, which tells him there will be no world after he is gone, does the same.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The compliments resulted in a temporary spike in feelings of uniqueness and specialness, demonstrating how praise can inflate ego in the short term – even outside clinical narcissism.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Luckily, the egocentricity of the business makes for very interesting pickings.
    James Fallon, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This trait is characterized by grandiosity, egocentrism, a constant need for admiration and a strong sense of entitlement.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Such assumptions are based more on psychological phenomena like egocentrism.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This is different from egoism and self-centeredness.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • In advance of the ceremony, the finalists were asked an essential question: Orwell claimed that prose writers have four ‘great motivations’ (putting aside the need to earn a living): sheer egoism; aesthetic enthusiasm; historical impulse; and political purpose.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • By incorporating a character unable to do anything but cry and coo, the show only highlights its disinterest in more nuanced examinations of human behavior, such as greed or egotism.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
  • After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2025

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“Egomania.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egomania. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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