Dissolution of ties in every direction marked the dissolution of temper, and the Senate Chamber became again a scene of irritated egotism that passed ridicule.
This phenomenon where we just naturally gravitate towards things that resemble us in some way is called implicit egotism and it's essentially the flip side of what happens when we're confronted with real-life villains.
During this period of his insane egotism, called forth by the life in the army and in St. Petersburg, the animal man dominated him and completely suppressed the spiritual man.
Mrs. Speers waited for the glow of egotism to subside; then she said in a matter-of-fact way: " That reminds me, when are you going to see Earl Brady" ?