egoism

egoism

See also: egoïsm

English

Alternative forms

• egoïsm (rare)
• egomism (obsolete)

Etymology

From French égoïsme, from New Latin egoismus, from Latin ego. By surface analysis, ego +‎ -ism.

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Noun

egoism (countable and uncountable, plural egoisms)

1. The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
2. (ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only.
3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotism (tendency to talk excessively about oneself).

Synonyms

• (tendency to think of self): selfishness

Antonyms

• (tendency to think of self): altruism

Derived terms

• ethical egoism
• rational egoism

 

Related terms

• egoist
• egoistic
• egoistical

Translations

tendency to think of self

Arabic: أَنَانِيَّة‎ f (ʾanāniyya) Belarusian: эгаі́зм m (ehaízm) Bulgarian: егои́зъм (bg) m (egoízǎm) Catalan: egoisme (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 自我主義／自我主义 (zh) (zìwǒzhǔyì), 利己主義／利己主义 (zh) (lìjǐzhǔyì) Czech: sobectví n, egoismus m Danish: egoism (da) c Dutch: egoïsme (nl) n, zelfzucht (nl) f or m Esperanto: egoismo (eo) Finnish: itsekkyys (fi), egoismi (fi) French: égoïsme (fr) m Georgian: ეგოიზმი (egoizmi), ანგარება (angareba), მეთავისეობა (metaviseoba) German: Egoismus (de) m Icelandic: egóismi m Ido: egoismo (io) Japanese: 利己主義 (りこしゅぎ, rikoshugi) Kazakh: өзімшілдік (özımşıldık) Latin: amor sui m Malayalam: അഹംഭാവം (ml) (ahambhāvaṃ) Persian: خودخواهی‎ (fa) Portuguese: egoísmo (pt) m Russian: эгои́зм (ru) m (egoízm) Serbo-Croatian: samoljublje (sh) n, egoizam (sh) m Spanish: egoísmo (es) m Swedish: egoism (sv) c Thai: อัตนิยม (àt-dtà-ní-yom), อัตตานิยม (àt-dtaa-ní-yom), อัตตัตถนิยม (àt-dtàt-tà-nì-yom) Ukrainian: егої́зм m (ehojízm)

See also

• ethnocentrism
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• narcissism

Anagrams

• gomesi

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Romanian

Etymology

From French égoïsme.

Noun

egoism n (uncountable)

1. egoism, selfishness

Declension

declension of egoism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) egoism	egoismul
genitive/dative	(unui) egoism	egoismului
vocative	egoismule

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Swedish

Noun

egoism c (uncountable)

1. egoism; the tendency to think of self and self-interest.
2. (ethics) egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.

Declension

Declension of egoism
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egoism	egoismen	—	—
Genitive	egoisms	egoismens	—	—