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egoist

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believes in self-advancement

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egotist

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talks about accomplishments

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altruist

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is interested in the welfare of others

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introvert

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turns thoughts inward

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extrovert

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turns thoughts outward

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ambivert

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turns thoughts both inward and outward

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misanthrope

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hates people

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misogynist

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hates women

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misogamist

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hates marriage

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10
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ascetic

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does not pursue pleasures of the flesh

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Ego

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One’s concept of oneself

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Egocentric

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You consider yourself to be the center of the universe

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Egomaniac

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you carry egoism to such an extreme that your needs, desires, and interests have become a morbid obsession, a mania.

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Mania

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Morbid obsession

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Alter

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Other, to change

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Altruistic

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look toward the benefit of others.

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Alternate

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you skip one and take the other,

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Alteration

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Making a change

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Altercation

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Verbal dispute about other ideas heatedly

20
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Alter ego

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refers to someone with whom you are so close that you both do the same things, think alike, react similarly, and are, in temperament, almost mirror images of each other.

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Altruism

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Philosophy of putting another’s welfare above their own