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egoistical

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike, selfsome, self-absorbed, self-interested, self-minded, self-seeking, self-serving

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: nonstandard

Qualifier: by confusion of the similar words

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egocentric, egotistic, full of oneself

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egoistic, egocentric, self-centered, self-centred

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English egoist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoistic English -al English egoistical From egoistic + -al.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: եսասիրական (esasirakan) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Belarusian: эгаісты́чны (ehaistýčny) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Catalan: egoístic — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Catalan: egoista — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Danish: egoistisk — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Esperanto: egoista — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Faroese: sjálvsøkin — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Finnish: itsekäs — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Finnish: itsekeskeinen — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Finnish: egoistinen — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • German: egoistisch — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Hindi: अहंकारी (ahaṅkārī) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Hindi: घमंडी (ghamaṇḍī) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Irish: féinspéisíoch — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Norwegian Bokmål: egoistisk — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: egoistisk — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Old English: selflice — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Polish: egoistyczny — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Polish: samolubny — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Russian: эгоисти́чный (egoistíčnyj) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Russian: эгоисти́ческий (egoistíčeskij) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Ukrainian: егоїсти́чний (ehojistýčnyj) — caring about the gratification of one's own desires
  • Welsh: myfïol — caring about the gratification of one's own desires