"egomaniac" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /iɡoʊˈmeɪniæk/ [General-American] Forms: egomaniacs [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪniæk Etymology: ego + -maniac Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ego|maniac}} ego + -maniac Head templates: {{en-noun}} egomaniac (plural egomaniacs)
  1. A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance. Categories (topical): Stock characters Translations (person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance): egomaanikko (Finnish), Egomane [masculine] (German), Egomanin [feminine] (German), egomaniker [masculine] (Norwegian), эгои́ст (egoíst) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-egomaniac-en-noun-YgmXA-he Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -maniac

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for egomaniac meaning in English (1.9kB)

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          "text": "He's a raving egomaniac: all he ever talks about is himself and how important he is."
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          "sense": "person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance",
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