egotistical.

Excessively focused on yourself and your own importance or achievements.

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Words that belong together

• egotistical remark
• egotistical behaviour

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The egotistical introduction devoted more time to his awards than to the subject.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Comparative more egotistical; superlative most egotistical when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.