Meaning

3 senses
  1. A person who talks excessively about themself.

    эготи́стegotíst, эготи́сткаegotístka, эгои́стegoíst

  2. A person who believes in their own importance or superiority.

    эготи́стegotíst, эготи́сткаegotístka

  3. (nonstandard)An egoist (advocate of egoism).

More definitions
  • a conceited and self-centered person

Examples

7 sentences
  1. That man is an egotist through and through.

    ruТот человек — эгоист до мозга костей.

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  2. Egotist though he was, his parents loved him.

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  3. Tom is an egotist.

    ruТом - эгоист.

    deTom ist ein Ichmensch.

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  4. I don't like egotists.

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  5. An egotist is a person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.

    deEin Egoist ist ein Mensch mit wenig Geschmack, der sich mehr für sich selbst als für mich interessiert.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who talks excessively about themself:

Origin

ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc.

ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. + -ist

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Forms

plural: egotists
Singularegotist
Pluralegotists

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
egotist — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto