"ego trip" meaning in All languages combined

See ego trip on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ego trips [plural]
Etymology: Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ego trip (plural ego trips)
  1. An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance. Derived forms: ego-trip [verb], ego-tripper, egotripping
    Sense id: en-ego_trip-en-noun-r6A1T5-7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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