Sentence examples for egoistical from inspiring English sources

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egoistical

adjective

Caring about oneself rather than others.

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Arjen isn't egoistical, not in the least.

She's egoistical because she has almost nothing.

As a lieder singer, Gerhaher admires that close textual approach – he calls it "honest and serious", and says it contrasts with the egoistical excesses of some Regietheatre directors – but he also sees dangers in literalism.

I started to get egoistical in real life and, as a result, my girlfriend left me.

This is a wholly utilitarian and egoistical philosophy, recommending self-realization of every human being.

No rationalizing explanation in terms of anything like a social contract is needed to explain why we choose to live together, subjugating our egoistical desires in order to secure the advantages of co-operation.

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The statement "there are no atheists in foxholes" may be a canard, but genuinely non-egoistical behaviour is much more likely from those for whom the ego and its grasping needs do not define ultimate reality.

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