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Synonyms for egoist

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ee-goh-ist, eg-oh-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi goʊ ɪst, ˈɛg oʊ-

Définition of egoist

Origin :
  • 1785, in metaphysics, "one who maintains there is no evidence of the existence of anything but the self" (taking ego in a sense of "thinking subject"), from French égoiste (1755); see ego + -ist. Meaning "selfish person" is from 1879. Related: Egoistic; egoistical.
  • noun self-centered person
Example sentences :
  • Another will pose as a social benefactor, while at home he is an egoist and a tyrant.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The sentiments of the egoist are summed up in the maxim, "After me the deluge!"
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Yes, your husband is no better now than an egoist, a collector of happy days.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • To be the altruist, one must first be the egoist (say the philosophers), to give, one must first have.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • “You would have been an Egoist, only Meredith made you ashamed to be one,” she answered.
  • Extract from : « In the Mist of the Mountains » by Ethel Turner
  • Then you are jubilant, so there must be something personal in it—you are sufficiently an egoist for that.
  • Extract from : « The Mystery of the Sea » by Bram Stoker
  • He was too much of the egoist to attempt concealment of any kind.
  • Extract from : « The Scarecrow and Other Stories » by G. Ranger Wormser
  • To the Egoist all other people are uniformly and intrinsically strangers.
  • Extract from : « The Basis of Morality » by Arthur Schopenhauer
  • Individualist, egoist, anarchist, his only thought was of letters.
  • Extract from : « Egoists » by James Huneker
  • You egoist, who could live with a person like you without growing like you?
  • Extract from : « Frederic Chopin, Vol II (of 2) » by Moritz Karasowski

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