as in selfishness
excessive interest in oneself
even by Hollywood standards, that movie star's egomania is of epic proportions
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Recent Examples of egomania
Each aria-song, through middling Latin pop and rap hybrids, expresses the egomania of sociopaths.
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Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin’s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania, drugs, booze.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
Part of the kick on Brat is Charli’s delirious solipsism, all synthetic robot rah-rah in the beats, but with vocals swerving between defiant egomania and vulnerably tormented self-doubt.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
There are early indications that Biden’s mishandling of classified documents is rooted in error rather than corruption or egomania.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2023
The hour climaxed with Bob Odenkirk winning an Emmy, probably, with a burst of florid hallway egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2020
Her brothers are all grossly incompetent in their own ways, due to struggles with addiction (Kendall), immaturity (Roman) or pure egomania (Connor Roy 2020).
—Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Dec. 2019
The soon-to-be-Emperor fawns over Anakin’s heroism, while the Jedi scorn his egomania.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2019
Welcome back, to fans and sad sack wasp traps alike, to the craven death pit of greed and egomania that is Succession.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 8 Aug. 2019
Anyone who has hung around the creative and artistic professions knows about some of the most pernicious risks inherent to those worlds: excessive behavior, compulsions, egomania, drugs, booze.
—Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egomania
Noun
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Unfortunately, people can gravitate more toward selfishness, self-centeredness and being mean spirited.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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And still, in an era where selfishness can be an easy path to take, Branch had already decommitted once and never planned on doing it again.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2025
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Just observationally, there seemed to be a very high crossover between those of you with the inflated ego to list 16 teams and those of you who thought Dallas was going to lose to Colorado.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The result is an entirely incoherent crime thriller that features gangsters prattling on about the self and the ego and the soul and then occasionally wandering into an entirely different scene where other gangsters are prattling on about the same thing.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
27 May 2025
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Fueled by new data and shifting cultural values, injectables are being redefined—not as vanity, but as a personalized pathway to confidence, wellness, and long-term care.—
Corein Carter,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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In a hot pink colorway, the clutch will become your vanity’s newest conversation piece.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Here’s my top 10 favorite examples of show biz narcissism (at least on screen).—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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These images were created by blending the faces of real people who had scored very high or very low on traits like psychopathy, narcissism, or agreeableness.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Such assumptions are based more on psychological phenomena like egocentrism.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Imagine that a person starts and ends all their consideration with what’s best for them — that’s egocentrism.—
David Marchese,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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Trump’s slogans—America First and Make America Great Again—embody the essence of populism, namely using ideology to advance a political program that is morally unconstrained and driven by collective egoism.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
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Psychological egoism is at play here, too, with Jimmy’s extreme emotional investment in getting Grace help.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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His self-absorption, against the backdrop of such enormous loss, was particularly striking.—
Kevin Johnson,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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But, sometimes, accomplishment and self-absorption can go together.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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