noun
Meaning 1
A person who talks excessively about themself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
egotist
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who believes in their own importance or superiority.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An egoist (advocate of egoism).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Qualifier: by confusion of the similar words
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noun
Meaning 4
a conceited and self-centered person
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egoist, 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
ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. + -ist
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: егоист (egoist) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Finnish: egoisti — person who talks excessively about themself
- Romanian: egoist — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эготи́ст (egotíst) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эготи́стка (egotístka) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эгои́ст (egoíst) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эгои́стка (egoístka) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: самовлюблённый челове́к (samovljubljónnyj čelovék) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эгоцентри́ст (egocentríst) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Russian: эгоцентри́стка (egocentrístka) — person who talks excessively about themself
- Spanish: egotista — person who talks excessively about themself
- Bulgarian: егоист (egoist) — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Czech: ješita — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Finnish: egoisti — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Italian: pallone gonfiato — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Māori: tangata whakatāupe — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Russian: эготи́ст (egotíst) — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Russian: эготи́стка (egotístka) — person who believes in their own importance and superiority
- Spanish: egotista — person who believes in their own importance and superiority