egoism

English

Etymology

ego +‎ -ism

Noun

egoism (countable and uncountable; plural egoisms)

1. The tendency to think of self and self-interest.
2. (ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.
3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) egotism

Related terms

• egoist
• egoistic
• egoistical

Synonyms

• (tendency to think of self): selfishness

Antonyms

• (tendency to think of self): altruism

Translations

tendency to think of self

Belarusian: эгаізм (be) (ehaízm) m. Bulgarian: егоизъм (bg) (egoízǎm) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 自我主義 (cmn), 自我主义 (cmn) (zìwǒ zhǔyì), 利己主義 (cmn), 利己主义 (cmn) (lìjǐ zhǔyì) Croatian: egoizam (hr) m. Czech: sobectví (cs) n., egoismus (cs) m. Dutch: egoïsme (nl) n., zelfzucht (nl) f. and m. Esperanto: egoismo (eo) Finnish: itsekkyys (fi), egoismi (fi) French: égoïsme (fr) m.

German: Egoismus (de) m. Ido: egoismo (io) Japanese: 利己主義 (ja) (りこしゅぎ, rikoshugi) Latin: amor sui (la) m. Portuguese: egoísmo (pt) m. Russian: эгоизм (ru) (egoízm) m. Serbian: samoljublje n. Spanish: egoísmo (es) m. Swedish: egoism (sv) c. Ukrainian: егоїзм (uk) (ehojízm) m.

See also

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

Anagrams

• gomesi

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Swedish

Noun

Declension of egoism

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	egoism	egoismen
genitive	egoisms	egoismens

egoism c.

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.