ego trip
ego trip · ego trips
An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or…An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
Meaning
1 sensesAn act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.
an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance
Origin
Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.
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Forms
plural: ego tripsSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance:self-aggrandizementself-aggrandisement
Word family
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