egoistic

[ ee-goh-is-tik, eg-oh- ]

/ ˌi goʊˈɪs tɪk, ˌɛg oʊ- /

pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.

being centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of one's own desires; self-centered (opposed to altruistic).

Also e·go·is·ti·cal.

Origin of egoistic

First recorded in 1825–35; egoist + -ic

e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb an·ti·e·go·is·tic, adjective an·ti·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjective an·ti·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

non·e·go·is·tic, adjective non·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjective non·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb un·e·go·is·ti·cal, adjective un·e·go·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Egoistical systems both of optimism and pessimism perish with their narrow standard of the import of intellectual life.

Popular scientific lectures |Ernst Mach
But perhaps even the too frequent loss of books is an evil to be preferred to the egoistical meanness of the selfish collector.

The Book-Hunter in London |William Roberts
I confess that on reading a passage here and there it seems merely an autobiographical sequence, and egoistical into the bargain.

The Secrets of a Kuttite |Edward O. Mousley
The distinction of egoistical and altruistic action is further complicated by two facts.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 |Various

Egoistical and hard, he has lived up to the last for show, throwing out his chest in a bubble of vanity.

The Nabob |Alphonse Daudet