egotist

egotist
a) A person who talks excessively about himself
b) A person who believes in his own importance or superiority.
See Also: egotism, egotistical

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  • egotist — EGOTÍST, Ă, egotişti, ste, adj. (Adesea substantivat) Stăpânit de egotism; determinat de egotism. – Din fr. égotiste. Trimis de LauraGellner, 10.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  EGOTÍST adj., s. egolatru. (Persoană egotist.) Trimis de siveco, 05.08.2004 …   Dicționar Român

  • Egotist — E go*tist, n. [L. ego I + ending tist for ist. See {Egotism}, and cf. {Egoist}.] One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • egotist — 1714, first used by Joseph Addison; see EGO (Cf. ego) + IST (Cf. ist). The t is perhaps by influence of DOGMATISM (Cf. dogmatism). Addison credits the term to Port Royalists who used it in reference to obtrusive use of first person sing. pronoun… …   Etymology dictionary

  • egotist — egòtist m DEFINICIJA 1. grub, nesmiljen sebičnjak, onaj koji često sam o sebi govori; egoist, samoživac, sebičnjak 2. onaj koji nastoji osvijetliti ličnost autora na osnovi njegova djela ETIMOLOGIJA vidi ego …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • egotist — [ē′gōtist, eg′ōtist; ē′gətist, eg′ətist] n. a person characterized by egotism egotistic adj. egotistical egotistically adv …   English World dictionary

  • egotist — UK [ˈiːɡəʊtɪst] / US [ˈɪɡoʊtɪst] noun [countable] Word forms egotist : singular egotist plural egotists formal someone who thinks that they are more important than other people and need not care about them …   English dictionary

  • Egotist — Ego|tist der; en, en <aus engl. egotist bzw. fr. égotiste »selbstgefälliger Mensch«>: 1. Anhänger des Egotismus. 2. Autor eines ↑autobiografischen Romans in der Ichform …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • egotist — [[t]i͟ːgətɪst, e̱g [/t]] egotists N COUNT (disapproval) An egotist is someone who is egotistic …   English dictionary

  • egotist — egotism ► NOUN ▪ the quality of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself. DERIVATIVES egotist noun egotistic adjective egotistical adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • egotist — noun see egotism …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • egotist — /ee geuh tist, eg euh /, n. 1. a conceited, boastful person. 2. a selfish person; egoist. [1705 15; EGOT(ISM) + IST] * * * …   Universalium

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