egoism

See also: egoïsm

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French égoïsme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  egoismus, from ego.

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.

Synonyms

• (tendency to think of self): selfishness

Antonyms

• (tendency to think of self): altruism

Related terms

• egoist
• egoistic
• egoistical

Translations

tendency to think of self

• Belarusian: эгаі́зм m (ehaízm)
• Bulgarian: егои́зъм (bg) m (egoízǎm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自我主義／自我主义 (zh) (zìwǒzhǔyì), 自我主义 (zh) (zìwǒzhǔyì), 利己主義／利己主义 (zh) (lìjǐzhǔyì), 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Egoismus (de) m
• Ido: egoismo (io)
• Japanese: 利己主義 (りこしゅぎ, rikoshugi)
• Latin: amor sui m
• 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, อัตตานิยม, อัตตัตถนิยม
• Ukrainian: егої́зм m (ehojízm)

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
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egoism	egoismen	—	—
Genitive	egoisms	egoismens	—	—