EGOISM
\ˈiːɡə͡ʊˌɪzəm], \ˈiːɡəʊˌɪzəm], \ˈiː_ɡ_əʊ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of EGOISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means)
By Princeton University
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attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means)
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Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; - opposed to altruism.
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Excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; - opposed to altruism.
By Noah Webster.
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The philosophy or code pertaining to what is ideal in human character and conduct. Also, the field of study dealing with the principles of morality.
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] Subjective idealism; —term applied to a German philosophical system, which holds that the only thing knowable and certain is the Ego (I, me, the person thinking), his existence, and the ideas and operations of his mind—called the subjective—all else being non-Ego, not me, objective, uncertain, and undefined;— an excessive love of self ; egotism.
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