EGOIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does egoist mean? 

• EGOIST (noun)
  The noun EGOIST has 2 senses:

1. a conceited and self-centered person

2. a self-centered person with little regard for others

  Familiarity information: EGOIST used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EGOIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conceited and self-centered person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

egoist; egotist; swellhead

Hypernyms ("egoist" 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 "egoist"):

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:

egoism (concern for your own interests and welfare)

egoistic (limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A self-centered person with little regard for others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

egocentric; egoist

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

selfish person (a person who is unusually selfish)

Derivation:

egoism (concern for your own interests and welfare)

egoistic (limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs)

 Context examples 

So true, so sweet, so noble, so little an egoist—and that, let me tell you, is much in this age, so sceptical and selfish.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)