Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

egoistical

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: ego-is-ti-cal
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

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

adj

Egotistical (tending to talk excessively about oneself).

Example Sentences

"For as long as the individual consciousness is not fully transformed and is still subject to egoistical impulses, so that there is not yet a complete and voluntary accord between the subjective will and universal Reason, the question must arise: who is to decide, in a particular situation of conflict, what the universal will requires?"

Etymology

Etymology tree English egoist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoistic English -al English egoistical From egoistic + -al.

Inflected Forms

more egoistical (comparative) most egoistical (superlative)

Derived Forms

egoistically nonegoistical unegoistical

Frequently Paired Words

egoism egoist

Synonyms

egocentric self-centered solipsistic egoistical every man for himself idiocentric individualistic interested porkish reptilian selfish selflike

Questions

What does egoistical mean?: Caring about oneself and the gratification of one's own desires rather than others; selfish.
Where does egoistical come from?: Etymology tree English egoist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English egoistic English -al English egoistical From egoistic + -al.

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