egomania

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His main deficit appears to be his egomania (he already has purchased a mausoleum which will boast of his being the first black ever elected to statewide office in Illinois), but if egomania was a disqualifier, the Senate chamber would be empty.

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  1. noun Obsessive preoccupation with the self.

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  • He displayed an arrogant egomania, giving little credit to others. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
  • The Pacquiao mania has also exposed Manny's weakness: Either naivety or egomania [also: extreme self-esteem]. —  PhilBoxing.com - XML News RSS/RDF Feed
  • This was particularly true in Germany after the nativists got a taste of Nietzsche's egomania. —  RenewAmerica
  • Still, if you can put up with Taleb's egomania and free-floating hostility, which I find amusing but you might not, —  VDARE.com - Latest Articles
  • When the song was released, my own response to Springsteen's creation, as a 15-year-old American boy living in the United Kingdom, was in line with those of many of my British friends: bemusement and indignation toward what appeared to be little more than a mindless anthem trumpeting the virtues of patriotism and American egomania. —  Le Monde diplomatique - English edition
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  1. Latin ego, I, + Greek μανία, madness.
 

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