adj
Meaning 1
Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
egotistical
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Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Egoistical (advocating egoism).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
Qualifier: by confusion of the similar words
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a conceited fool
- an attitude of self-conceited arrogance
- an egotistical disregard of others
- so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty
- growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary
- vain about her clothes
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: egotistic, narcissistic, self-loving
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English egotist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egotistic English -al English egotistical From egotistic + -al.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: féinspéiseach — tending to talk excessively about oneself
- Spanish: egotista — tending to talk excessively about oneself
- Catalan: egotista — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Chinese Mandarin: 狂妄 (kuángwàng) — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Czech: naegovaný — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Finnish: itsekeskeinen — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Finnish: omahyväinen — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Finnish: itserakas — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Irish: féinspéiseach — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Irish: leithleach — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Plautdietsch: ekjich — believing oneself to be better and more important than others
- Spanish: egotista — believing oneself to be better and more important than others