as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a brilliant but egomaniacal urban planner who ruthlessly sought to impose his vision of the ideal cityscape
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Recent Examples of egomaniacal
Krakowski was immediately mad for the part of the egomaniacal actress Jenna Maroney.
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Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, this latest entry isn’t quite as offensive as previous efforts, partly because director Ruben Fleischer brings slightly more visual punch to the action, and the classically anxious Eisenberg has settled in nicely into his role as the awkwardly egomaniacal Atlas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter LaFleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Keaton Bell, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2026
Still, this latest entry isn’t quite as offensive as previous efforts, partly because director Ruben Fleischer brings slightly more visual punch to the action, and the classically anxious Eisenberg has settled in nicely into his role as the awkwardly egomaniacal Atlas.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
The film stars Vince Vaughn as Peter LaFleur, a charismatic underachiever and proprietor of a rundown gym called Average Joe’s, and Ben Stiller as White Goodman, the power-mullet-sporting, Fu-Manchu-d, egomaniacal owner of Globo Gym, a gleaming monolith of fitness.
—Caitlin White, Variety, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egomaniacal
selfish
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Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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There are selfish motives as Hawk is also secretly trying to track down whoever is blackmailing him.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Egomaniacal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egomaniacal. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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