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Recent Examples of egotism 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 On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism. Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Gratitude is the opposite of selfishness, egotism, avarice or narcissism. Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024 The 1960s-era egotism in that earlier vision was tempered. Bryan Walsh, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for egotism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egotism
Noun
  • There was no vanity in her, which is what Fran McDormand had.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The homeowner’s suite, comprising a large bedroom, a sitting/dressing room, lots of closet space, and a bathroom with marble vanities, spills onto a deck overlooking the yard.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Thanks to his clever punchlines that carry zero sting, the biggest names in TV can leave the ceremony with unbruised egos.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego, an individual’s ambition.
    StyleCaster Editors, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Approach LinkedIn DMs with service instead of selfishness, so sales become a natural byproduct of connection.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Batemen gets a few moving monologues, but Vince’s heavier dose of morbid witticisms aren’t enough to overcome his pervasive selfishness and abominable behavior (nor is a late-arriving revelation about his past).
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 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
  • In a sloppy game, the Eagles will take pride in the turnover differential — the Eagles forced one and did not turn the ball over.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • They’re all held back by different things – pride, fear, shame – but all of them, in one way or another, are eventually set free by the truth.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The film’s non-judgmental narration — read by Jacek Zubiel — comments on the characters’ innermost thoughts along the way, adding to the general patina of narcissism without pointing fingers or placing blame.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The study also highlighted that self-love and narcissism are opposites.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.
    Christian Josi, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • These traits do not always show up as arrogance.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Aug. 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

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“Egotism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egotism. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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