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egomania

n. extreme, pathological preoccupation with oneself, often characterized by an exaggerated sense of one’s abilities and worth. This includes the tendency to be totally self-centered, callous with regard to the needs of others, and interested only in the gratification of one’s own impulses and desires. See also egopathy. —egomaniac n.

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prefix

n. in linguistics, a morpheme that is added to the beginning of a word to create a derived form, such as un- in unlikely or ex- in ex-wife. See affixation; infix; suffix.