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The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.
Ellen Key

Meaning of "egoistic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EGOISTIC

egoistic  [ˌiːɡəʊˈɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EGOISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Egoistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EGOISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Egoism

The terms "egoism" and "egotism" may refer to: ▪ Egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance ▪ Ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest ▪ Psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest ▪ Rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest ▪ Solipsism, the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified ▪ Egoist anarchism, a form of anarchism, as most often represented by Max Stirner ▪ Egocentrism, inability to "put oneself in other peoples' shoes"...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EGOISTIC


altruistic
ˌæltrʊˈɪstɪk
atheistic
ˌeɪθɪˈɪstɪk
Averroistic
ˌævərəʊˈɪstɪk
casuistic
ˌkæzjʊˈɪstɪk
deistic
diːˈɪstɪk
expressionistic
ɪkˌsprɛʃ ənˈɪstɪk
humoristic
ˌhjuːmərˈɪstɪk
hylozoistic
ˌhaɪləzəʊˈɪstɪk
jingoistic
ˌdʒɪŋɡəʊˈɪstɪk
meroistic
ˌmerəʊˈɪstɪk
mutualistic
ˌmjuːtʃʊəlˈɪstɪk
panoistic
ˌpænəʊˈɪstɪk
pantheistic
ˌpænθɪˈɪstɪk
polytheistic
ˌpɒlɪθiːˈɪstɪk
sensationalistic
sɛnˌseɪʃənəlˈɪstɪk
shamanistic
ˌʃeɪmənˈɪstɪk
soloistic
ˌsəʊləʊˈɪstɪk
Taoistic
ˌtaʊˈɪstɪk
terroristic
ˌtɛrərˈɪstɪk
touristic
tʊərˈɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EGOISTIC

ego surfing
ego trip
ego-trip
egocentric
egocentrical
egocentrically
egocentricity
egocentrism
egoism
egoist
egoistical
egoistically
egoity
egoless
Egoli
egomania
egomaniac
egomaniacal
egomaniacally
egosurf

WORDS THAT END LIKE EGOISTIC

anachronistic
artistic
autistic
ballistic
characteristic
deterministic
domestic
futuristic
holistic
linguistic
logistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of egoistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «egoistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EGOISTIC

Find out the translation of egoistic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of egoistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «egoistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

利己
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

egoísta
570 millions of speakers

English

egoistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अहंकारी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أناني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эгоистическое
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

egoísta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বার্থপর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

égoïste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Egoistik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

selbstsüchtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

利己的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이기주의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Egoistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chỉ nghỉ đến mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சுயநலம் சார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अहंकारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

egoist
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

egoistico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

egoistyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

егоїстичне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

egoist
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εγωιστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

egoïstisch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

egoistisk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

egoistiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of egoistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EGOISTIC»

The term «egoistic» is regularly used and occupies the 103.294 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EGOISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about egoistic

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3 QUOTES WITH «EGOISTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word egoistic.
1
Abhishek Bachchan
I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
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Ellen Key
The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.
3
Dada Vaswani
From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EGOISTIC»

Discover the use of egoistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to egoistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cooperation in Wireless Networks: Principles and ...
This book puts into one volume a comprehensive and technically rich view of the wireless communications scene from a cooperation point of view.
Frank H. P. Fitzek, Marcos D. Katz, 2006
2
Hegel and Marx: The Concept of Need
Marx refers to 'egoistic need' as being in conflict with 'social need', which, as we saw in the previous chapter, is the need of society as a whole expressed in the form of effective demand. So a 'cobbler, for instance, satisfies a social need' ...
Ian Fraser, 1998
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Separating Altruistic and Egoistic Motives for Helping: An ...
The current results even point to egoistic behavior driven by altruistic motives. This may seem like an irreconcilable contradiction according to Batson, but it is possible that the criteria outlined by Batson and his colleagues do not provide a true ...
Meara M. Habashi, 2008
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The Ethics of Killing: Problems at the Margins of Life
This presupposes, of course, that the concept of egoistic concern does not imply that concern about the future is egoistic only if it is concern about oneself. Thus the concept of egoistic concern, as I will understand it, is the concept of a form of  ...
Jeff McMahan, 2002
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Relative Deprivation: Specification, Development, and ...
One of the most important conceptual distinctions to emerge from the literature on relative deprivation is the distinction between egoistic and fraternalistic deprivation. Egoistic deprivation refers to feelings of deprivation that develop out of a ...
Iain Walker, Heather J. Smith, 2002
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Comprehensive Textbook of Suicidology
The four basic (pure or ideal) types of suicide are (1) egoistic, (2) altruistic, (3) anomic, and (4) fatalistic. Egoistic and altruistic suicides are polar types, as are anomic and fatalistic. Durkheim hypothesized (as we noted previously) that suicide ...
Alan Lee Berman, Morton M. Silverman, Bruce Michael Bongar, 2000
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Suicide: Theory, Practice and Investigation
The cause! Does the person matter? Not at all. Altruistic suicide is much different from the other forms of suicide that Durkheim developed. Egoistic Suicide In egoistic suicide, a cause is not important. The center of the universe is the individual.
Ronald M. Holmes, Stephen T. Holmes, 2005
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Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought
social cohesion of these institutions served as a system of restraint on the development of individual egoism and on egoistic suicide. When this 'integration is weakened,' said Durkheim, 'individuals are less drawn together, and as a result  ...
Ken Morrison, 2006
9
Problems Unique to the Holocaust
The second period of suicides, during the Holocaust, occurred in the camps and ghettos. While anomic suicide was common, a new form, egoistic suicide, emerged. By contrast, egoistic suicide occurs when rules for social integration are clear ...
Harry James Cargas
10
Ethical Communication: Moral Stances in Human Dialogue
This book introduces students and practitioners to important ethical concepts through the lives of major thinkers ranging from Aristotle to Ayn Rand, John Stuart Mill to the Dalai Lama.
Clifford G. Christians, John C. Merrill, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EGOISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term egoistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Just What Makes a 'Good European'?
That Nietzsche — today mostly remembered for his egoistic and politically volatile philosophy — was at heart a cosmopolitanite would ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
2
5 questions you really need to ask about startup growth
What egoistic or practical needs come in place? At the end of this exercise, you will understand how to tweak the message and create a need to ... «Ventureburn, Jul 15»
3
Pakistan in Search of Political Change
It typifies what can go terribly wrong when the so called politicians turned egoistic authoritarian are the assumed master of the nation's affairs ... «PakistanHerald, Jul 15»
4
Five tips for relationship happiness from existential philosophers
The problem with love is that it all too often manifests as an egoistic desire for power over another and selfishly seeking to be the centre of each ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
President Mutharika's Anniversary Interview: The dark Side
We may be taming another egoistic character that awaits a little passage of time to explode. I hope we are not. It started with the host reminding ... «The Maravi Post, Jul 15»
6
Why Is Bill Kristol Embracing Confederate Nostalgia?
... of life, egoistic individuals and concomitant destruction of community, organic and rooted, appealed to malcontents of all political colorations. «The New Republic, Jul 15»
7
David Ignatius: A modern version of 'massive resistance'
Scalia said Kennedy's ruling was written "in a style as pretentious as its content is egoistic," was "lacking even a thin veneer of law," and ... «Billings Gazette, Jul 15»
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David Ignatius: Road of resistance perilous for GOP
Scalia said Kennedy's ruling was written “in a style as pretentious as its content is egoistic,” was “lacking even a thin veneer of law,” and ... «Omaha World-Herald, Jul 15»
9
Utsugi, Sakaguchi keys for Japan
“I was more of an egoistic player in the past,” she recalled. Sakaguchi's potential as a defensive midfielder has blossomed under the guidance ... «The Japan News, Jul 15»
10
Best-ever female player Marta misses soccer's millions
She can provide to the team more by taking a few more shots and being a bit more egoistic. That shows what kind of person she is -- she's ... «Reflejos, Jul 15»

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