SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
egotistical
adjective
Excessively occupied with one's own importance, interests, or achievements.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Excessively self-important
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The egotistical narrator describes every group success as a personal triumph.
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.
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