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self-centered
Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
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  1. Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
  2. Of a person, egotistically obsessed with himself or herself.
egoistic
Egotistic; conceited
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  1. Egotistic; conceited
  2. Of an egoist or egoism
  3. Self-centered or selfish
individualistic
More interested in individual people than in society as a whole
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  1. More interested in individual people than in society as a whole
  2. Interested in oneself rather than others; egocentric
egocentric
Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.
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  1. Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.
  2. Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.
  3. (Philos.) Based on the belief that the world exists or can be known only in relation to the individual's mind
personal
Done to or for or directed toward a particular person:
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  1. Done to or for or directed toward a particular person:
  2. Of or relating to the body or physical being:
  3. (Law) Of or constituting personal property
subjective
Of, affected by, or produced by the mind or a particular state of mind; of or resulting from the feelings or temperament of the subject, or person thinking; not objective; personal
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  1. Of, affected by, or produced by the mind or a particular state of mind; of or resulting from the feelings or temperament of the subject, or person thinking; not objective; personal
  2. Resulting from or pertaining to personal mindsets or experience, arising from perceptive mental conditions within the brain and not necessarily or directly from external stimuli.
  3. Based on a given person's experience, understanding, and feelings; personal or individual:
introverted
(Psychol.) Characterized by introversion
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  1. (Psychol.) Characterized by introversion
  2. Characterized by interest in or preoccupation with oneself or one's own thoughts as opposed to others or the environment; shy or reserved.
  3. Possessing the characteristic property of an introvert. Preferring the internal, satisfied with self, lacking interest or comfort in social interactions.
solipsistic
Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism
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  1. Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism
inner-directed
Tending to follow one's own rules rather than those of society
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  1. Tending to follow one's own rules rather than those of society
  2. Guided by or concerned with goals or ideals determined by oneself rather than by others
isolationist
Of isolationists or their policy
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  1. Of isolationists or their policy
  2. Of or pertaining to isolationism or an advocate thereof.
narcissistic
Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
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  1. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  2. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.
boastful
Inclined to brag; boasting
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  1. Inclined to brag; boasting
  2. Tending to boast or brag.
conceited
(Obs.) Whimsical; fanciful
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  1. (Obs.) Whimsical; fanciful
  2. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
  3. (Rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
vain
Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
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  1. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
  2. Lacking substance or worth:
  3. Without force or effect; futile, fruitless, unprofitable, unavailing, etc.
self-centered
Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
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  1. Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
  2. Of a person, egotistically obsessed with himself or herself.
egocentric
(Philos.) Based on the belief that the world exists or can be known only in relation to the individual's mind
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  1. (Philos.) Based on the belief that the world exists or can be known only in relation to the individual's mind
  2. Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.
  3. Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.
self-absorbed
Excessively self-involved.
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  1. Excessively self-involved.
  2. Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
vainglorious
With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
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  1. With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
  2. Boastfully vain and proud of oneself
  3. Excessively proud of oneself.
egoistic
Of an egoist or egoism
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  1. Of an egoist or egoism
  2. Egotistic; conceited
  3. Self-centered or selfish
self-important
Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious
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  1. Having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompous or officious
  2. Having, or behaving as if having, too high an opinion of one's own importance.
pompous
(Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:
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  1. (Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display:
  2. Characterized by exaggerated stateliness; pretentious, as in speech or manner; self-important
  3. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious:
arrogant
Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
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  1. Having or displaying a sense of overbearing self-worth or self-importance.
  2. Full of or due to unwarranted pride and self-importance; overbearing; haughty
  3. Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others:
insolent
Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
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  1. Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
  2. (Archaic) Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
  3. Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
autocratic
Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
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  1. Of or pertaining to the manner of an autocrat.
  2. Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.
  3. Tending to impose one's will on others in an insistent or arrogant manner; domineering.
swollen
Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
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  1. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
  2. Overblown; bombastic:
  3. Increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging
puffed-up
Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.
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  1. Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.
  2. To be proud
affected
Behaving in an artificial way to impress people; full of affectation
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  1. Behaving in an artificial way to impress people; full of affectation
  2. Assumed for effect; artificial
  3. Assumed or simulated to impress others:
presumptuous
Too bold or forward; taking too much for granted; showing overconfidence, arrogance, or effrontery
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  1. Too bold or forward; taking too much for granted; showing overconfidence, arrogance, or effrontery
  2. Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward:
overweening
1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
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  1. 1870, Carl Schurz, George H. Thomas Eulogy
  2. Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited.
  3. Arrogant; excessively proud
supercilious
Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty
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  1. Disdainful or contemptuous; full of or characterized by pride or scorn; haughty
  2. Feeling or showing haughty disdain.
condescending
Showing condescension; esp., patronizing
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  1. Showing condescension; esp., patronizing
  2. Displaying a patronizingly superior attitude:
  3. Assuming a tone of superiority, or a patronizing attitude.
superior
Of a higher nature or kind.
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  1. Of a higher nature or kind.
  2. Refusing to give in to or be affected by
  3. Showing a feeling of being better than others; haughty
blustering
Engaged in the process of blustering.
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  1. Engaged in the process of blustering.
  2. Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
prideful
(Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
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  1. (Chiefly Scotland, North America) Full of pride; haughty, arrogant.
  2. Arrogant; disdainful.
  3. Highly pleased; elated.
bumptious
Disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward
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  1. Disagreeably conceited, arrogant, or forward
  2. Crudely or loudly assertive; pushy.
  3. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.
grandiose
Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand:
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  1. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand:
  2. Seeming or trying to seem very important; pompous and showy
  3. Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous:
haughty
(Archaic) Lofty; noble
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  1. (Archaic) Lofty; noble
  2. Scornfully and condescendingly proud.
  3. Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
snobbish
Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.
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  1. Of, befitting, or resembling a snob; pretentious.
  2. Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
high-handed
Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
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  1. Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others.
lordly
Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord.
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  1. Appropriate for, or suitable to, a lord.
  2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
  3. Of, like, characteristic of, or suitable to a lord
imperious
Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
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  1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing.
  2. Urgent; pressing:
  3. Overbearing, arrogant, domineering, etc.
magisterial
Sedately dignified in appearance or manner:
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  1. Sedately dignified in appearance or manner:
  2. Of or suitable for a magistrate or master
  3. Showing or having the skill or knowledge of a master; expert
scornful
Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
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  1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
  2. Filled with or showing scorn or contempt
contemptuous
Full of contempt; scornful; disdainful
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  1. Full of contempt; scornful; disdainful
  2. Manifesting or feeling contempt; scornful.
  3. Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.
disdainful
Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous.
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  1. Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous.
  2. Feeling or expressing disdain; scornful and aloof
  3. Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
proud
Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
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  1. Filled with or showing excessive self-esteem:
  2. That is an occasion or cause of pride; highly gratifying
  3. Feeling pleasurable satisfaction over an act, possession, quality, or relationship by which one measures one's stature or self-worth:
pretentious
Making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence
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  1. Making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence
  2. Showing or betraying an attitude of superiority:
  3. Claiming that or behaving as if one is important or deserving of merit when such is not the case:
assuming
Presumptuous; arrogant.
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  1. Presumptuous; arrogant.
  2. Taking too much for granted; presumptuous
ostentatious
Characterized by or given to ostentation.
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  1. Characterized by or given to ostentation.
consequential
Having significant consequences; of importance
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  1. Having significant consequences; of importance
  2. Following as an effect, result, or conclusion; consequent.
  3. Important; influential:
cocky
(Informal) Jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way
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  1. (Informal) Jauntily conceited or overbearing; self-confident in an aggressive or swaggering way
  2. Overly self-assertive or self-confident.
brazen
Like brass in color or other qualities
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  1. Like brass in color or other qualities
  2. Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound:
  3. Showing no shame; bold; impudent
impertinent
Not pertinent or suitable
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  1. Not pertinent or suitable
  2. Not showing proper respect or manners; insolent; impudent
  3. Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold:
selfish
Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.
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  1. Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.
  2. Having regard for oneself above others' well-being.
  3. Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others:
bombastic
(Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
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  1. (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
  2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  3. (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
flaunting
That flaunts; showy or gaudy
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  1. That flaunts; showy or gaudy
flamboyant
Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior.
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  1. Given to or marked by elaborate, ostentatious, or audacious display or behavior.
  2. Flamelike or brilliant in form or color
  3. Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
presuming
Having or showing excessive and arrogant self-confidence; presumptuous.
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  1. Having or showing excessive and arrogant self-confidence; presumptuous.
impudent
(Obsolete) Immodest.
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  1. (Obsolete) Immodest.
  2. Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent.
inflated
(Economics): In a state of higher cost.
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  1. (Economics): In a state of higher cost.
  2. Higher that the true figure
  3. (Figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
stiff
Having a strong, swift, steady force or movement:
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  1. Having a strong, swift, steady force or movement:
  2. Resolute, stubborn, or uncompromising, as a person, a fight, etc.
  3. (Naut.) Not tending to lean or tilt to one side even in strong winds or when carrying much sail
overbearing
Acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering
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  1. Acting in a dictatorial manner; arrogant; domineering
  2. Overly bossy, domineering, or arrogant.
  3. Overwhelming in power or significance; predominant:
swaggering
(comparative more swaggering, superlative most swaggering)
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  1. (comparative more swaggering, superlative most swaggering)
domineering
Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
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  1. Overbearing, dictatorial or authoritarian
  2. Arrogant; overbearing; tyrannical
  3. Arrogant in asserting or attempting to assert one's will over others; overbearing.
bold
Unduly forward and brazen; impudent:
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  1. Unduly forward and brazen; impudent:
  2. Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring:
  3. Strong or pronounced; prominent:
overconfident
Excessively confident; presumptuous.
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  1. Excessively confident; presumptuous.
  2. Presumptuous, cocksure, rude and disrespectful.
  3. Confident without adequate reason; too confident
self-satisfied
Satisfied with oneself; especially too satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant.
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  1. Satisfied with oneself; especially too satisfied; smug; slightly arrogant.
  2. Feeling or showing an often smug satisfaction with oneself or one's accomplishments
stuck-up
(Informal) Snobbish; conceited
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  1. (Informal) Snobbish; conceited
  2. Alternative spelling of stuck up.
  3. (Idiomatic) snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.
too-big-for-one-s-boots
(Idiomatic) Far less important or capable than one thinks or claims to be.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Far less important or capable than one thinks or claims to be.
high-hat
(Slang) Snobbish and aloof
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  1. (Slang) Snobbish and aloof
  2. Disdainful; haughty
snooty
Snobbishly aloof; haughty.
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  1. Snobbishly aloof; haughty.
  2. (Informal) Haughty; snobbish
  3. High-class; exclusive.
uppity
Behaving in a way regarded as above one's rightful station or class
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  1. Behaving in a way regarded as above one's rightful station or class
  2. Haughty or presumptuous, especially for one's rank or social standing:
  3. Inclined to be haughty, arrogant, snobbish, etc.
full-of-oneself
(Idiomatic) Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
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  1. (Idiomatic) Egotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.
big-headed
Arrogant, having an exaggerated perception of one's qualities.
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  1. Arrogant, having an exaggerated perception of one's qualities.
know-it-all
Pretending or claiming to know much about almost everything
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  1. Pretending or claiming to know much about almost everything
conceited
Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain.
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  1. Holding or characterized by an unduly high opinion of oneself; vain.
  2. (Rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
  3. Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
egoistic
Of an egoist or egoism
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  1. Of an egoist or egoism
  2. Egotistic; conceited
  3. Self-centered or selfish
egotistical
Egoistical.
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  1. Egoistical.
  2. Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
  3. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others.
narcissistic
Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
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  1. Having an inflated idea of one's own importance.
  2. Obsessed with one's own self image and ego.
vain
Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
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  1. Having or showing excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments; conceited.
  2. Lacking substance or worth:
  3. Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
vainglorious
With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
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  1. With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
  2. Excessively proud of oneself.
  3. Boastfully vain and proud of oneself
bigheaded
Alternative spelling of big-headed.
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  1. Alternative spelling of big-headed.
stuck-up
Alternative spelling of stuck up.
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  1. Alternative spelling of stuck up.
  2. (Informal) Snobbish; conceited
  3. (Idiomatic) snobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty; arrogant or egotistical.
swellheaded
Alternative form of swell-headed.
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  1. Alternative form of swell-headed.
egocentric
Viewing everything in relation to oneself; self-centered
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  1. Viewing everything in relation to oneself; self-centered
  2. Caring only about oneself; selfish.
  3. Selfish, self-centered
egoistic
Of an egoist or egoism
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  1. Of an egoist or egoism
  2. Egotistic; conceited
  3. Self-centered or selfish
egomaniacal
Having the psychological condition of egomania.
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  1. Having the psychological condition of egomania.
egotistical
Egoistical.
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  1. Egoistical.
  2. Tending to talk excessively about oneself.
  3. Believing oneself to be better and more important than others.
self-absorbed
Excessively self-involved.
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  1. Excessively self-involved.
  2. Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.
self-centered
Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
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  1. Occupied or concerned only with one's own affairs; egocentric; selfish
  2. Of a person, egotistically obsessed with himself or herself.
self-involved
Wrapped up in one's self or in one's thoughts.
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  1. Wrapped up in one's self or in one's thoughts.
  2. Absorbed primarily or only in one's own interests or activities.
  3. Self-centered; preoccupied with oneself
selfish
Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.
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  1. Holding one's self-interest as the standard for decision making.
  2. Having regard for oneself above others' well-being.
  3. Concerned chiefly or excessively with oneself, and having little regard for others:
self-seeking
Mindful of, or promoting only ones own interests
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  1. Mindful of, or promoting only ones own interests
  2. Exhibiting concern only with promoting one's own ends or interests:
self-serving
Showing interest only in oneself
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  1. Showing interest only in oneself
  2. Exhibiting concern solely for one's own interests:
  3. Serving one's own interests, especially without concern for the needs or interests of others.
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  • Young, emotional, impressionable, well-meaning and egotistic, Alexander displayed from the first an intention of playing a great part on the world's stage, and plunged with all the ardour of youth into the task of realizing his political ideals.

  • In one of his earlier letters to his brother Joseph, Lucien stated that he had detected in Napoleon "an ambition not altogether egotistic but which surpassed his love for the general weal;.

  • In the steps that led to these wars and in their conduct the egotistic ambition and the vanity of the king played an important part; though he never showed real military skill and took no share in any military operations except in certain sieges.

  • "What I have certainly gained is freedom," he began seriously, but did not continue, noticing that this theme was too egotistic.

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