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  • adjective Having the psychological condition of egomania.

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Examples

  • Steinberg portrayed Chicago's Black community as "egomaniacal" with failed leadership.

    Hermene Hartman: Where Are You, Neil Steinberg? Hermene Hartman 2010

  • Steinberg portrayed Chicago's Black community as "egomaniacal" with failed leadership.

    Hermene Hartman: Where Are You, Neil Steinberg? Hermene Hartman 2010

  • Which may sound kind of egomaniacal, but in fact it is what you'd expect a writer to say -- whether it's a good script or a bad script, a good show or a bad show, writers are naturally protective of what they've written.

    Archive 2007-03-01 Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Which may sound kind of egomaniacal, but in fact it is what you'd expect a writer to say -- whether it's a good script or a bad script, a good show or a bad show, writers are naturally protective of what they've written.

    Well, That's Good Jaime J. Weinman 2007

  • Occasionally I’ll take a hit from a critic for being somehow arrogant or egomaniacal, which is difficult to understand from my point of view sitting here and just trying to write about whatever I find interesting.

    Sorta Long but… « So Many Books 2004

  • And this kind of egomaniacal zealotry plays right into the hands of the left who will no doubt roll around and use this to attack the right.

    Latest Articles Cath news Asia 2010

  • But to label him "egomaniacal" and "hidebound" and "wrong for the job" is to ignore the obstacles he faced during his career with the LAPD.

    Pajamas Media Jack Dunphy 2010

  • But to label him "egomaniacal" and "hidebound" and "wrong for the job" is to ignore the obstacles he faced during his career with the LAPD.

    Pajamas Media Jack Dunphy 2010

  • In the Daily Express, Leo McKinstry writes that in Brown's "egomaniacal" new year's message he "laughably" tried to invoke the Churchillian sprit by comparing the present economic crisis to the Blitz of 1940.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Imagine one scientist or economist trying to critique the research of another by complaining that she is just "egomaniacal" and

    About.com Agnosticism / Atheism 2009

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