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EGOTIST

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conceited and self-centered person

Synonyms:

egoist; egotist; swellhead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("egotist" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "egotist"):

blowhard; boaster; braggart; bragger; line-shooter; vaunter (a very boastful and talkative person)

egomaniac (an abnormally egotistical person)

exhibitionist; show-off (someone who deliberately behaves in such a way as to attract attention)

know-all; know-it-all (someone who thinks he knows everything and refuses to accept advice or information from others)

megalomaniac (a pathological egotist)

miles gloriosus (a braggart soldier (a stock figure in comedy))

popinjay (a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot))

Derivation:

egotism (an exaggerated opinion of your own importance)

egotism (an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others)

egotistic; egotistical (characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance)

egotistical (characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance)

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