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as in smug
having too high an opinion of oneself
the egotistic pro quarterback was always too busy to sign autographs, forgetting that the fans had paid good money to see him play
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as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
the true spirit of the Christmas season is the resolve to be less egotistic and more altruistic
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Recent Examples of egotistic
The man started saying that Sliwa was being egotistical.
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Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
This is a tense and volatile arena, and these are some proud and egotistical people.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But unlike the egotistical professor, Hill has made peace with his creation.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
On the page, these serve to paint him in a monstrous light following his abandonment by his egotistical and cruel creator, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac).
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Isaac is delightful as Victor, brilliant, egotistical and with a flair for the theatrical, a defiant outsider consumed with the idea of making life from death.
—Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Oscar Isaac makes for an operatic Victor Frankenstein, the egotistical scientist determined to play god, while Jacob Elordi portrays his creation as a pained soul struggling to be loved.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
While his supporters see a pragmatist trying to make the best of a bad decision, his many detractors dismiss him as egotistical and unable to see his failures.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Starring Oscar Isaac as the titular brilliant but egotistical scientist Victor, Frankenstein sees the doctor bring a creature (Elordi) to life with a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to both of their undoings.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
This is a tense and volatile arena, and these are some proud and egotistical people.
—Jason Quick, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But unlike the egotistical professor, Hill has made peace with his creation.
—Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
On the page, these serve to paint him in a monstrous light following his abandonment by his egotistical and cruel creator, Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac).
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Isaac is delightful as Victor, brilliant, egotistical and with a flair for the theatrical, a defiant outsider consumed with the idea of making life from death.
—Lindsey Bahr, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Oscar Isaac makes for an operatic Victor Frankenstein, the egotistical scientist determined to play god, while Jacob Elordi portrays his creation as a pained soul struggling to be loved.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
While his supporters see a pragmatist trying to make the best of a bad decision, his many detractors dismiss him as egotistical and unable to see his failures.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Starring Oscar Isaac as the titular brilliant but egotistical scientist Victor, Frankenstein sees the doctor bring a creature (Elordi) to life with a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to both of their undoings.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egotistic
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As a sleazy, lecherous publicist pinned in a Manhattan phone booth by a faceless sniper on the other end of the line, Farrell goes from smug condescension to breathless victimhood pretty effortlessly.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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But Minnesota, with or without its unapologetically smug superstar, has been the Nuggets’ kryptonite for more than a year.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
28 Oct. 2025
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In such cases, solidarity and compassion themselves might seem like luxuries next to the all-conquering, primally selfish urge to save your own skin.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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That suits its otherworldly and somewhat formal tone, which takes viewers deep into Japan’s mythical past for a quartet of eerie tales about lonely ghosts and vengeful spirits who bring supernatural justice to selfish and immoral humans.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So long as that situation continues, the 43-year-old’s allegedly arrogant and stand-offish treatment of his players will not worry the club hierarchy too much.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2025
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The pilot opens with Powell’s character, arrogant college quarterback Russ Holliday, leading his Oregon Ducks team in the National Championship game against Georgia at the Rose Bowl.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are certainly some top-notch barbecue restaurants that made the cut, but the Michelin selection barely scratches the surface of the South’s long, proud barbecue tradition.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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What’s left now is a proud elite program trying to scrape its way into bowl season.—
D’Joumbarey Moreau,
Miami Herald,
5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Your granddaughters will love in vain.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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Yet the efforts so far have been in vain.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The kooky characters surrounding Judge Stone included the conceited prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), the imposing bailiff Bull Shannon (Richard Moll), and the idealistic public defender Christine Sullivan (Markie Post), each of whom had various quirks of their own.—
Dan Heching,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Like Muscle Man, Mixtape follows a self-important, inarticulate mediocrity on the fringe of a minor American metropolis.—
Robert Rubsam,
Vulture,
18 Sep. 2025
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Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
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All but the most vainglorious architects imagine that their buildings will change in some small way after completion.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
2 Sep. 2025
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The real real thing tended to be rather different: clumsy, ad hoc, vainglorious—and secret.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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“Egotistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egotistic. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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