egoist

See also: Egoist and egoïst

English

Etymology

From French égoïste, from Latin ego + -iste.

Noun

egoist (plural egoists)

An advocate of egoism.
An egocentric or self-centered person.
An egotist.

Derived terms

egoistic

Related terms

Translations

advocate of egoism

Chinese:
Mandarin: 自我主義者, 自我主义者 (zìwǒ zhǔyì zhě), 利己主義者, 利己主义者 (lìjǐ zhǔyì zhě)
Esperanto: egoisto
Finnish: egoisti (fi)
French: égoïste (fr) m or f
German: Egoist (de) m, Egoistin (de) f

Ido: egoisto (io)
Japanese: エゴイスト (ja) (egoisuto), 利己主義者 (りこしゅぎしゃ, rikoshugisha)
Polish: egoista (pl) m, egoistka (pl) f
Romanian: egoist (ro) m
Russian: эгои́ст (ru) m (egoíst), эгои́стка (ru) f (egoístka)
Spanish: egoísta (es) m

self-centered or selfish person

Finnish: egoisti (fi)
Norwegian: egoist
Polish: egoista (pl) m, egoistka (pl) f

Romanian: egoist (ro) m
Swedish: egoist (sv) c

person who talks excessively about himself or believes in his own importance or superiority — see egotist

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German: ^{(please verify)} Egoist (de) m

Anagrams

stogie

Swedish

Noun

egoist c

egoist

Declension

Declension of egoist
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egoist	egoisten	egoister	egoisterna
Genitive	egoists	egoistens	egoisters	egoisternas

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