ego trip

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An act of self-aggrandizement, undertaken to increase one's own power and influence or to draw attention to one's own importance.

Word forms

ego trip ego trips

Etymology

Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.

Related words

Derived words

ego-trip ego-tripper egotripping
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