egomania

Noun

Meaning

an intense and irresistible love for yourself and concern for your own needs

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

selfishness egoism egotism vainglory self-interest self-love self-satisfaction ego trip boastfulness self-admiration self-worship self-concern

Antonyms

humble generosity humility modesty benevolence shyness
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Hypernyms

mania passion cacoethes

Related terms

egomaniac egomaniacally egomaniacal

Examples

It's [Los Angeles] mostly full of nonsense and delusion and egomania. They think they'll be young and beautiful forever, even though most of them aren't even young and beautiful now. Christopher Hitchens

I forgive all personal weaknesses except egomania and pretension. Herb Kelleher

Close letter words and terms

egological egologist egology egomaniac egomaniacal egomaniacally