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Definition of Egomaniac
1. Noun. An abnormally egotistical person.
Definition of Egomaniac
1. Noun. A person obsessed with their own (supposed) importance. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Egomaniac
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Egomaniac
Literary usage of Egomaniac
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Causation and Treatment of Psychopathic Diseases by Boris Sidis (1916)
"A patient, a clever lawyer, aptly characterised one of my most severe and most
typical psychopathic cases as "egomaniac." "When you talk of gravity, ..."
2. Critical Confessions by Neal Brown (1899)
"All this is old style, and was very well in its day. With the aid of this new
science, I call Smith, a Literary Mattoid, an egomaniac, ..."
3. The Journal of the British Homoeopathic Society by British Homoeopathic Society (1897)
"Neither the egomaniac nor the extreme socialist can adapt himself to his environment.
The egomaniac, who is a kind of superlative egotist, ..."
4. Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau (1895)
"Such must necessarily be the aspect of the egomaniac's ideal world. Nature leaves
him cold or repels him, because he neither perceives nor comprehends her ..."
5. European Dramatists by Archibald Henderson (1913)
"projects a colossal egomaniac, victim of philosophic dilettantism. As Brand stood
for rigorous fidelity to an idea, and Peer Gynt for the disciplinary ..."
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