Definition of "egoist" [e•go•ist]

• One devoted to one's own interests and advancement; an egocentric person. (noun)
• An egotist. (noun)
• An adherent of egoism. (noun)

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• "For the psychological egoist, that is not even a possibility."
• "Stirner is occasionally portrayed as a psychological egoist, that is, as a proponent of the descriptive claim that all (intentional) actions are motivated by a concern for the self-interest of the agent."
• "Kant1 is not saying enough when he says that the egoist is a person who always tries to push his own I forward and to make it the chief object of his own and of everybody else's attention."