"egotist" meaning in English

See egotist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-egotist.wav Forms: egotists [plural]
Etymology: ego + -t- inserted to avoid hiatus, or after the analogy of dramatist, epigrammatist, etc. + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ist}} + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} egotist (plural egotists)
  1. A person who talks excessively about themselves. Translations (person who talks excessively about themselves): егоист (egoist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), egoisti (Finnish), egoist [masculine] (Romanian), эготи́ст (egotíst) [masculine] (Russian), эготи́стка (egotístka) [feminine] (Russian), эгои́ст (egoíst) [masculine] (Russian), эгои́стка (egoístka) [feminine] (Russian), самовлюблённый челове́к (samovljubljónnyj čelovék) [masculine] (Russian), эгоцентри́ст (egocentríst) [masculine] (Russian), эгоцентри́стка (egocentrístka) [feminine] (Russian), egotista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-egotist-en-noun-Lhg9WkPt Disambiguation of 'person who talks excessively about themselves': 80 17 3
  2. A person who believes in their own importance or superiority. Translations (person who believes in their own importance and superiority): егоист (egoist) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ješita [masculine] (Czech), egoisti (Finnish), pallone gonfiato [masculine] (Italian), tangata whakatāupe (Maori), эготи́ст (egotíst) [masculine] (Russian), эготи́стка (egotístka) [feminine] (Russian), egotista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
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  3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) An egoist (advocate of egoism). Tags: nonstandard Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-egotist-en-noun-MYm6LKfB Disambiguation of People: 26 21 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: egotistic Related terms: egotism, egotistical

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