egomaniacal

[ ee-goh-muh-nahy-i-kuhl, eg-oh- ]

adjective

1. displaying egomania; abnormally or extremely selfish and self-centered, with an excessively high opinion of oneself:

   His followers are eerily similar to those of another egomaniacal psychopath in the 1930s—Adolf Hitler.

   Professor Lang is a vain, strutting buffoon, given to egomaniacal rages and ridiculous posturing.

Other Words From

• e·go·ma·ni·a·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of egomaniacal¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; egomaniac ( def ) + -al ¹( def )

Example Sentences

She earned a second Oscar for her magnificent supporting turn in Herbert Ross’ 1978 film “California Suite,” playing an egomaniacal British actress who has come to Los Angeles with her husband to attend the Academy Awards as her marriage unravels.

From Los Angeles Times

Instead, he spent the whole first part of his speech recounting in rich detail how brave he had been, how much his ear bled, how he raised his fist in heroic defiance, and on and on and on and he came off looking like an egomaniacal whiner.

From Salon

Trump’s own egomaniacal whine of a speech only put the raisin on top of the pile of hormone-jacked Grade C beef the Republicans trotted out to background their nominee.

From Salon

Dabney Coleman, an award-winning television and movie actor best known for his over-the-top portrayals of garrulous, egomaniacal characters, died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 92.

From New York Times

As Max Pizarro reported, Trump “brought his cruel, weird, hateful, indicted, egomaniacal, name-dropping TV personality brand to Wildwood, apparently trying to take advantage of perennial New Jersey dysfunction, while entertaining his own public delusion.”

From Salon