as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a brilliant but egomaniacal urban planner who ruthlessly sought to impose his vision of the ideal cityscape
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Recent Examples of egomaniacal
The nation is captive to his egomaniacal whims.
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Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Krakowski was immediately mad for the part of the egomaniacal actress Jenna Maroney.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, this latest entry isn’t quite as offensive as previous efforts, partly because director Ruben Fleischer brings slightly more visual punch to the action, and the classically anxious Eisenberg has settled in nicely into his role as the awkwardly egomaniacal Atlas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter LaFleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Krakowski was immediately mad for the part of the egomaniacal actress Jenna Maroney.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, this latest entry isn’t quite as offensive as previous efforts, partly because director Ruben Fleischer brings slightly more visual punch to the action, and the classically anxious Eisenberg has settled in nicely into his role as the awkwardly egomaniacal Atlas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter LaFleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egomaniacal
selfish
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Stellan Skarsgård plays an aging filmmaker whose selfish past led to an estrangement from his daughters and who wants to make a movie inspired by their mom.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
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The moment causes Byron, a selfish and braggadocious villain, to have a change of heart, stopping shipments of The Beauty and paying off the families ravaged by its gruesome side effects, like Bella’s.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Egomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egomaniacal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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