noun
Meaning 1
An advocate of egoism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
egoist
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/ˈiːɡoʊ.ɪst/
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noun
Meaning 2
An egocentric or self-centered person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An egotist (person who talks excessively about themselves).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Qualifier: by confusion of the similar words
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noun
Meaning 4
a self-centered person with little regard for others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egocentric
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: selfish person
noun
Meaning 5
a conceited and self-centered person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egotist, swellhead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unpleasant person, disagreeable person
Narrower terms: bragger, braggart, boaster, blowhard, line-shooter, vaunter, egomaniac, exhibitionist, show-off, know-it-all, know-all, megalomaniac, miles gloriosus, popinjay
History
Etymology
From French égoïste, from Latin ego + -iste. By surface analysis, ego + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 自我主義者 /自我主义者 (zìwǒ zhǔyì zhě) — advocate of egoism
- Chinese Mandarin: 利己主義者 /利己主义者 (lìjǐ zhǔyì zhě) — advocate of egoism
- Danish: egoist — advocate of egoism
- Esperanto: egoisto — advocate of egoism
- Finnish: egoisti — advocate of egoism
- French: égoïste — advocate of egoism
- German: Egoist — advocate of egoism
- German: Egoistin — advocate of egoism
- Ido: egoisto — advocate of egoism
- Japanese: エゴイスト (egoisuto) — advocate of egoism
- Japanese: 利己主義者 (rikoshugisha) — advocate of egoism
- Macedonian: егои́ст (egoíst) — advocate of egoism
- Macedonian: егои́стка (egoístka) — advocate of egoism
- Polish: egoista — advocate of egoism
- Polish: egoistka — advocate of egoism
- Romanian: egoist — advocate of egoism
- Russian: эгои́ст (egoíst) — advocate of egoism
- Russian: эгои́стка (egoístka) — advocate of egoism
- Spanish: egoísta — advocate of egoism
- Swedish: egoist — advocate of egoism
- Urdu: انا پرست (anā parast) — advocate of egoism
- Azerbaijani: xudbin — self-centered or selfish person
- Azerbaijani: eqoist — self-centered or selfish person
- Danish: egoist — self-centered or selfish person
- Finnish: egoisti — self-centered or selfish person
- Georgian: ეგოისტი (egoisṭi) — self-centered or selfish person
- Georgian: მეთავისე (metavise) — self-centered or selfish person
- Indonesian: egois — self-centered or selfish person
- Irish: féinspéisí — self-centered or selfish person
- Macedonian: се́бичник (sébičnik) — self-centered or selfish person
- Norwegian: egoist — self-centered or selfish person
- Polish: egoista — self-centered or selfish person
- Polish: egoistka — self-centered or selfish person
- Polish: samolub — self-centered or selfish person
- Polish: samolubka — self-centered or selfish person
- Polish: sobek — self-centered or selfish person
- Romanian: egoist — self-centered or selfish person
- Swedish: egoist — self-centered or selfish person