|
|
1. (n.) egoism
the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest
2. egoism
egotism or conceit.
3. egoism
the view in ethics that morality ultimately rests on self-interest.
Etymology: (1775–85; < F égoïsme)
|
| Definition of 'egoism' |
Princeton's WordNet |
|
1. (noun) egoism
(ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
2. (noun) egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness
concern for your own interests and welfare
|
| Definition of 'egoism' |
Webster Dictionary |
|
1. (noun) egoism
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. (noun) egoism
excessive love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest; selfishness; -- opposed to altruism
|
| Definitions of 'egoism' |
The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
|
1. egoism
the philosophy of those who, uncertain of everything but the existence of the Ego or I, resolve all existence as known into forms or modifications of its self-consciousness.
|
|
|
Sense: selfishness.
|
 Afrikaans: selfsug |
 Arabic: أنانِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: егоизъм |
 Brazilian: egoísmo |
 Czech: sobectví |
 German: der Egoismus |
 Danish: egoisme; selvoptagethed |
 Greek: εγωισμός |
 Spanish: egoísmo |
 Estonian: isekus |
 Farsi: خودخواهی |
 Finnish: egoismi |
 French: égoïsme |
 Hebrew: אָנוֹכִיוּת |
 Hindi: अहंवाद |
 Croatian: egoizam |
 Hungarian: egoizmus |
 Indonesian: egoisme |
 Icelandic: sjálfselska, eigingirni |
 Italian: egoismo |
 Japanese: 利己主義 |
 Korean: 이기주의 |
 Lithuanian: egoizmas |
 Latvian: egoisms |
 Malay: bangga diri |
 Dutch: egoa asme |
 Norwegian: egoisme |
 Polish: egoizm |
 Persian: خودخواهی |
 Pashto: ځانمنى، په ځان مينتوب، ځا |
 Portuguese: egoísmo |
 Romanian: egoism |
 Russian: эгоизм |
 Slovak: sebectvo |
 Slovenian: sebičnost |
 Serbian: egoizam |
 Swedish: egoism |
 Thai: ความเห็นแก่ตัว |
 Turkish: bencillik, egoizm |
 Taiwanese: 自私自利的人，利己主義者 |
 Ukrainian: егоїзм |
 Urdu: انانیت |
 Vietnamese: tính ích kỷ |
 Chinese: 自我主义，自私自利 |
Get even more translations for egoism...
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Alternative search options for 'egoism' |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Definitions of egoism 
