solipsism

English

WOTD – 27 November 2011

From Latin sōlus (“alone”) +‎ ipse (“self”) +‎ -ism.

solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)

(philosophy) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
Synonym: individualism
Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
- 2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah:
  The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield.
- 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  Self-mythology has always been part of The Darkness’ shtick, but here Hawkins and crew forget to back it up with music catchy enough to transcend the solipsism.

theory

Arabic: وَحْدَة الْأَنَا‎ (ar) f (waḥda(t) al-ʾanā)
Armenian: սոլիպսիզմ (hy) (solipsizm)
Catalan: solipsisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 唯我論／唯我论 (zh) (wéiwǒlùn), 獨我論／独我论 (dúwǒlùn), 唯我主義／唯我主义 (zh) (wéiwǒzhǔyì)
Czech: solipsismus m
Danish: solipsisme c
Dutch: solipsisme (nl) n
Estonian: solipsism (et)
Finnish: solipsismi (fi)
French: solipsisme (fr) m
German: Solipsismus (de) m
Greek: εγωμονισμός m (egomonismós)
Italian: solipsismo (it) m
Kazakh: солипсизм (solipsizm)
Malagasy: sôlipsisma, fandavanjava-hita
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solipsisme m
Nynorsk: solipsisme m
Polish: solipsyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
Russian: солипси́зм (ru) m (solipsízm)
Serbo-Croatian: солипсизам m (solipsízam)
Spanish: solipsismo (es) m
Swedish: solipsism (sv)

self-absorption

Danish: selvoptagethed c
Dutch: zelfingenomenheid (nl)
French: vanité (fr) f
German: Selbstbezogenheit f, Ichbezogenheit f, Selbstzentriertheit f, Selbstsucht (de) f, Egoismus (de) m
Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
Swedish: självupptagenhet (sv)

From French solipsisme.

solipsism n (uncountable)

declension of solipsism (singular only)