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4 dictionary results for: Egoism
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·go·ism       [ee-goh-iz-uhm, eg-oh-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness (opposed to altruism).
2.egotism or conceit.
3.Ethics. the view that morality ultimately rests on self-interest.

[Origin: 1775–85; < F égoïsme. See ego, -ism]

1. See egotism.
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
e·go·ism       (ē'gō-ĭz'əm, ěg'ō-)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The ethical doctrine that morality has its foundations in self-interest.
    2. The ethical belief that self-interest is the just and proper motive for all human conduct.
  1. Excessive preoccupation with one's own well-being and interests, usually accompanied by an inflated sense of self-importance.
  2. Egotism; conceit. See Synonyms at conceit.

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egoism

noun
1. (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality 
2. concern for your own interests and welfare [ant: altruism

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Egoism

E"go*ism\, n. [F. ['e]go["i]sme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and cf. Egotism.]

1. (Philos.) 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.

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