egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness
(noun) concern for your own interests and welfare
egoism
(noun) (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• (tendency to think of self): selfishness
• (tendency to think of self): altruism
• gomesi
Source: Wiktionary
E"go*ism, n. Etym: [F. Ă©goĂŻsme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and cf. Egotism.]
1. (Philos.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
