Egotistical

//ˌi.ɡoʊˈtɪs.tɪk.(ə)l// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
  2. 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 to themselves as "this one", or the impersonal "it"."

  3. 3
    Egoistical (advocating egoism). nonstandard
Adjective
  1. 1
    characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importance wordnet

Synonyms

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narcissisticarrogantacquisitiveambitious for selfarrogantautistic

Example

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"My brother-in-law is really egotistical."

Etymology

From egotistic + -al.

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