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egotistical

adjective

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Excessively occupied with one's own importance, interests, or achievements.

The egotistical narrator describes every group success as a personal triumph.
Dictionary practice example.
In a small design collective, one member sounded conceited when he declared that nobody else could understand a logo as well as he could. His egotistical presentation spent most of its time celebrating his achievements instead of answering the client's questions.
From Reputation in the Design Collective.
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