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Definition of Egotistical
1. Adjective. Characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance.
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"
Similar to: Proud
Derivative terms: Egotism, Egotist, Egotist, Vanity, Vanity, Vanity
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
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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