egoist

noun

ego·ist | \ ˈē-gə-wist

, -gō-ist\

Definition of egoist

1 : a believer in egoism

2 : an egocentric or egotistic person

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egoistic \ ˌē-gə-ˈwi-stik

, -gō-ˈi- also ˌe- \ or less commonly egoistical \ ˌē-gə-ˈwi-sti-kəl

, -gō-ˈi- \ adjective

egoistically \ ˌē-gə-ˈwi-sti-k(ə-)lē

, -gō-ˈi- \ adverb

their boss is a demanding egoist who insists that everything be done her way

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Think of a romantic egoist writing about himself in a cold barracks on Sunday afternoons . . — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, "This Week in Fiction: The Lost Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald," 13 Mar. 2017

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