Definition of Egoistical

1. Adjective. Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs.


Definition of Egoistical

1. Adjective. Caring about oneself rather than others. ¹

2. Adjective. Egotistical. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Egoistical

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Egoistical

egocentric
egocentrically
egocentricities
egocentricity
egocentrics
egocentrism
egocentrisms
egodystonic
egoic
egoical
egoically
egoism
egoisms
egoist
egoistic
egoistical (current term)
egoistically
egoists
egoities
egoitis
egoity
egoless
egolessly
egolessness
egolike
egomania
egomaniac
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egomaniacs

Literary usage of Egoistical

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

1. Law as a Means to an End by Rudolf von Jhering (1914)
"CHAPTER V THE PURPOSES OF egoistical SELF- ASSERTION i 1. ... egoistical self-assertion has for its basis the thought of egoism, viz., that the individual ..."

2. The Works of Thomas Reid, D.D.: Now Fully Collected, with Selections from by Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, Dugald Stewart (1863)
"On the contrary, he seems to have overlooked the egoistical form of ... and confounded it either with the non-egoistical form, or with the courter doctrine ..."

3. Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man by Thomas Reid, William Hamilton, James Walker (1855)
"He is a Dualist ; — and the only doubt is, whether he be a Natural Realist, or a Hypothetical Realist, under the finer form of egoistical ..."

4. Introduction to the Book of Zohar by Rav Yehuda Ashlag, Michael Laitman (2005)
"Actually, we do not strive to satisfy our egoistical desires. Yet, as the person's spiritual aspirations grow, his egoistical desires awaken and develop as ..."

5. Philosophy of Sir William Hamilton, Bart by William Hamilton (1860)
"277 b, 278 ab, 293 b, 299 a, 318 b, 427 ab) ; and confounded it either with the non-egoistical form, or with the counter doctrine of real ..."

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