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)

• 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

• Georgian: ეგოიზმი (ka) (egoizmi), ანგარება (ka) (angareba)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian: samoljublje (sh) n, egoizam (sh) m
• 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

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		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	egoism	egoismen
genitive	egoisms	egoismens