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egophile

egophile noun: someone characterised by excessively high self-esteem or who is obsessively enamoured with themselves.

Noun

egophile (plural egophiles)

  1. Someone characterised by excessively high self-esteem or who is obsessively enamoured with themselves.
    • […] whatever the level of rewards he or she is receiving, if one is an egophobe it is quite probable that he will tend to underrate them and to perceive the reciprocal relationship as less satisfactory than would someone in the same type of situation who is an egophile (Rosenberg's term for a...1970, John H. Scanzoni, Opportunity and the Family, page 100

Forms of egophile

pluralegophiles

Origin of egophile

From ego- + -phile.

Questions about egophile

What does egophile mean?
Egophile means someone characterised by excessively high self-esteem or who is obsessively enamoured with themselves.
What part of speech is egophile?
Egophile is a noun.
What is the plural of egophile?
The plural of egophile is egophiles.

Words near egophile in the dictionary

  1. egonet
  2. egonets
  3. egonomics
  4. Egonse
  5. egopetal
  6. egophile
  7. egophiles
  8. egophonic
  9. egophonies
  10. egophony
  11. egophoric

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