How do you use Egotist in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like egoist, plus the exact meaning.
Egotist meaning
- A person who talks excessively about themself.
- A person who believes in their own importance or superiority.
- An egoist (advocate of egoism).
Synonyms of Egotist
Using Egotist
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who talks excessively about themself. | A person who believes in their own importance or superiority. | An egoist (advocate of egoism).
- Useful related words include: egoist, swellhead, unpleasant person, disagreeable person.
- In the example corpus, egotist often appears in combinations such as: an egotist, egotist who.
Context around Egotist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Egotist
- In this selection, "egotist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, laps stand out and add context to how "egotist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an egotist who is and as an egotist who was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "egotist" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with egotist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I protested that, despite rumours, I wasn’t an egotist like Pauline Hanson or Clive Palmer. (16 words)
For starters, Cohen’s testimony paints a picture of Trump as an egotist who is obsessed with public perceptions and is willing to bend the law to get what he wants. (31 words)
And make no mistake, the egotist laps up it all up, even bullying the Guide (Kristen Schaal)What We Do in the Shadows serves him up a hilarious case of humble pie. (32 words)
However, many of the nation's newspapers, which tended to be pro-Republican, harshly depicted Roosevelt as an egotist who was only running for president to spoil Taft's chances and feed his vanity. (34 words)
And make no mistake, the egotist laps up it all up, even bullying the Guide (Kristen Schaal)What We Do in the Shadows serves him up a hilarious case of humble pie. (32 words)
For starters, Cohen’s testimony paints a picture of Trump as an egotist who is obsessed with public perceptions and is willing to bend the law to get what he wants. (31 words)
Example sentences (4)
And make no mistake, the egotist laps up it all up, even bullying the Guide (Kristen Schaal)What We Do in the Shadows serves him up a hilarious case of humble pie.
I protested that, despite rumours, I wasn’t an egotist like Pauline Hanson or Clive Palmer.
For starters, Cohen’s testimony paints a picture of Trump as an egotist who is obsessed with public perceptions and is willing to bend the law to get what he wants.
However, many of the nation's newspapers, which tended to be pro-Republican, harshly depicted Roosevelt as an egotist who was only running for president to spoil Taft's chances and feed his vanity.
Common combinations with egotist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an egotist 3×
- egotist who 2×