EGOISMS

Noun

egoisms

plural of egoism

Anagrams

• gomesis, misgoes

Source: Wiktionary


EGOISM

E"go*ism, n. Etym: [F. égoïsme, 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



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