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egotistical

/ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/

egotistical adjective: tending to talk excessively about oneself.

Adjective

egotistical (comparative more egotistical, superlative most egotistical)

  1. Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
  2. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others due to one's position, popularity, wealth, appearance, etc.
    • All hanar have two names. The Face Name is known to the world; the Soul Name is kept for use among close friends and relations. Hanar never refer to themselves in the first person in conversation with someone they know on a Face Name basis. To do so is considered egotistical, so instead they refer...2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hanar Codex entry
    • “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNN
  3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egoistical (advocating egoism).

Forms of egotistical

comparativemore egotistical
superlativemost egotistical

Origin of egotistical

From egotistic + -al.

Words formed from egotistical

Questions about egotistical

What does egotistical mean?
Egotistical means tending to talk excessively about oneself.
What part of speech is egotistical?
Egotistical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce egotistical?
Egotistical is pronounced /ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l/ (US).

Words near egotistical in the dictionary

  1. egotising
  2. egotism
  3. egotisms
  4. egotist
  5. egotistic
  6. egotistical
  7. egotistically
  8. egotists
  9. egotize
  10. egotized
  11. egotizes

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