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- noun Plural form of
egoist .
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Examples
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[Footnote 4101: My understanding, today in 1999, that all people other animals by nature are 'built' as egoists, that is to look out for themselves, to preserve their life, protect their property and family.
The Modern Regime, Volume 1 Hippolyte Taine 1860
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"And it presents the operations of the subtlest of intellectuals and of egoists."
Modern Money Sam Sacks 2011
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This was developed by Robert Axelrod, a political scientist at the University of Michigan, who turned the results into a remarkable book, The Evolution of Cooperation, which opens with the arresting line “Under what conditions will cooperation emerge in a world of egoists without central authority?”
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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It's not galling for an atheist to say that because we hear constantly from the fundies that we are immoral egoists.
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Nigel Kennedy once branded them greedy egoists who merely "wave the stick".
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Modest Jon Swift, the last honest conservative in America, has posted his year-end round up of the best of the best chosen by the best themselves, which is to say the gracious and generous Mr Swift has turned over his blog to an army of egoists, including yours truly, in order to let us puff our own genius.
Lance Mannion: 2008
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Writers Who Don't Read, a blog entry I saw via Artistmonk, which is a bit on the tough side, saying that writers who don't read are really just egoists.
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Writers Who Don't Read, a blog entry I saw via Artistmonk, which is a bit on the tough side, saying that writers who don't read are really just egoists.
Archive 2010-02-01 2010
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Modest Jon Swift, the last honest conservative in America, has posted his year-end round up of the best of the best chosen by the best themselves, which is to say the gracious and generous Mr Swift has turned over his blog to an army of egoists, including yours truly, in order to let us puff our own genius.
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Instead, save up that healthy aggression like egoists save up their earwax and bring it to a race.
Clean Wins, Shady Fights: The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Throw Shades BikeSnobNYC 2010
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