The hostile attitudes and actions comong from an exaggerated sense of self importance. See egomania.
EGOPATHY: "In egopathy we deprecate others and are concerned only with ourselves."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "EGOPATHY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/egopathy/ (accessed August 15, 2022).