Synonyms for egotist

Grammar : Noun

Spell : ee-guh-tist, eg-uh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈi gə tɪst, ˈɛg ə-

Définition of egotist

Origin : 1714, first used by Joseph Addison; see ego + -ist. Addison credits the term to "Port-Royalists" who used it in reference to obtrusive use of first person singular pronoun in writing, hence "talking too much about oneself." Meaning "self-conceit, selfishness" is 1800. The -t- is abnornmal, perhaps by influence of dogmatism. Related: Egotistic; egotistical.

noun narcissist

Example sentences :

Hence oblivion, often unjust, is the punishment which the egotist suffers.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

And he is an egotist in every thing—in gallantry, in conversation, in principle, and in heart.
Extract from : « The English Spy » by Bernard Blackmantle

I become communist or egotist, as is most convenient to the speaker and most damaging to myself.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

He has been described as an "egotist," but I challenge the description.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 » by Elbert Hubbard

On our knees the egotist must die, and the altruist be born.
Extract from : « My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year » by John Henry Jowett

It had come of loving above her, yet below her, and of loving an egotist.
Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade

I knew an egotist who met a female acquaintance in Newhaven village.
Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade

I had the pleasure of seeing that egotist hung, with these eyes.
Extract from : « A Simpleton » by Charles Reade

He was a successful man, and, like all successful men, he was an egotist.
Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 » by Elbert Hubbard

Man, egotist though he be, exacts sympathy from all the universe.
Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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