Definition of Egotistical

1. Adjective. Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.

Exact synonyms: Egotistic, Narcissistic, Self-loving
Similar to: Selfish
Derivative terms: Egotism, Egotist, Narcissism

2. Adjective. Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. "Vain about her clothes"

Definition of Egotistical

1. Adjective. Tending to talk excessively about oneself. ¹

2. Adjective. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others. ¹

3. Adjective. Egoistical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Egotistical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egotistical

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egosurfer
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egosyntonic
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egotisms
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egotistical (current term)
egotistically
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egranulose
egre
egrecious
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egregiously
egregiousness

Literary usage of Egotistical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"It is in the early chapters, too, that the author speaks of himself, seldom referring to NUMBER ONE afterwards—for a less egotistical book we have seldom ..."

2. Specimen Days in America by Walt Whitman (1887)
"AN egotistical "FIND." " I have found the law of my own poems," was the unspoken but more-and-more decided feeling that came to me as I pass'd, ..."

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