ego trip

noun

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

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Meanings

nounego trip (plural ego trips)

plural ego trips

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

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance

Similar
self-aggrandizementself-aggrandisement
Broader
aggrandizementaggrandisementelevation
Also see
self-aggrandisementself-aggrandizement

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Originally US drug subcultures, late 1960s.

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APA

ego trip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego%20trip

MLA

“ego trip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego%20trip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ego trip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ego%20trip.

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