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Webster 1913 Edition
Egoism
1.
(Philos.)
The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.
2.
Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one’s self as the center of every interest; selfishness; – opposed to
altruism
. Definition 2024
egoism
egoism
See also: egoïsm
English
Noun
egoism (countable and uncountable, plural egoisms)
- The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
- (ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only.
- (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) egotism
Related terms
Synonyms
- (tendency to think of self): selfishness
Antonyms
- (tendency to think of self): altruism
Translations
tendency to think of self
See also
- ethnocentrism
- misanthropy (hatred of human race)
- narcissism