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egophiles

egophiles is the plural of egophile.

Meaning of egophile

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

Questions about egophiles

What is egophiles the plural of?
Egophiles is the plural of egophile.

Words near egophiles in the dictionary

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

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