]gəwə̇st, ](ˌ)gōə̇- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French égoïste, from Latin ego I + French -iste -ist
1. : a believer in egoism
the psychological egoist ' s view that every voluntary action is determinately motivated by the agent's desire to benefit himself — C.A.Baylis
2. : a person who is egocentric or egotistic
to a selfish or proud man, triumph is pleasant and defeat painful, but to an egoist , both are equally interesting, for what matters is not the content of the experience but the fact that it is his — W.H.Auden