egoistical

English

Etymology

egoistic +‎ -al

Adjective

egoistical (comparative more egoistical, superlative most egoistical)

Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others.
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).

Antonyms

altruistic

Derived terms

egoistically

Related terms

Translations

caring about the gratification of one's own desires

Armenian: եսասիրական (hy) (esasirakan)
Belarusian: эгаісты́чны (ehaistýčny)
Catalan: egoístic, egoista (ca)
Danish: egoistisk
Esperanto: egoista (eo)
Faroese: sjálvsøkin
Finnish: itsekäs (fi), itsekeskeinen (fi), egoistinen (fi)
German: egoistisch (de)
Irish: féinspéisíoch
Norwegian:
Bokmål: egoistisk (no)

Nynorsk: egoistisk
Old English: selflice
Polish: egoistyczny (pl), samolubny (pl)
Russian: эгоисти́чный (ru) (egoistíčnyj), эгоисти́ческий (ru) (egoistíčeskij)
Ukrainian: егоїсти́чний (ehojistýčnyj)
Welsh: myfïol (cy)

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