egoistical

English

Etymology

From egoistic +‎ -al.

Adjective

egoistical (comparative more egoistical, superlative most egoistical)

1. Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.

   Synonyms: altruistic, egocentric, self-centered, solipsistic; see also Thesaurus:selfish

2. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).

   Synonyms: egocentric, egotistic, full of oneself

Derived terms

• egoistically
• nonegoistical
• unegoistical

Related terms

• egoism
• egoist

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) Hindi: अहंकारी (hi) (ahaṅkārī), घमंडी (hi) (ghamaṇḍī) 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)