Meaning

3 senses
  1. An advocate of egoism.

    Egoist, Egoistin

    эгои́стegoíst, эгои́сткаegoístka

  2. An egocentric or self-centered person.

    a conceited and self-centered person

  3. (nonstandard)An egotist (person who talks excessively about themselves).

Examples

11 sentences
  1. The devil is an egoist.

    Диявол — егоїст. — deniko

    ruДьявол - эгоист. — marafon

    deDer Teufel ist ein Egoist. — Adelpa

  2. He is a thorough-going egoist.

  3. He is nothing more than an egoist.

    ruОн не более чем эгоист. — odexed

  4. An egoist is someone who thinks only about himself, and not about me.

    ruЭгоист - это человек, который думает только о себе, а не обо мне. — sharptoothed

  5. Egoists do not meet, they collide with each other.

    deEgoisten treffen nicht aufeinander, sondern kollidieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
advocate of egoism:

Origin

From French égoïste, from Latin ego + -iste. By surface analysis, ego + -ist.

From French égoïste, from Latin ego + -iste. By surface analysis, ego + -ist.

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Forms

plural: egoists
Singularegoist
Pluralegoists

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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