"egoism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-us-egoism.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: egoisms [plural]
Etymology: From French égoïsme, from New Latin egoismus, from Latin ego. By surface analysis, ego + -ism. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|égoïsme}} French égoïsme, {{der|en|NL.|egoismus}} New Latin egoismus, {{der|en|la|ego}} Latin ego, {{surf|en|ego|-ism}} By surface analysis, ego + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} egoism (countable and uncountable, plural egoisms)
  1. The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms (tendency to think of self): selfishness Translations (tendency to think of self): أَنَانِيَّة (ʔanāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), эгаі́зм (ehaízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), егои́зъм (egoízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), egoisme [masculine] (Catalan), 自我主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 自我主义 (zìwǒzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 利己主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 利己主义 (lìjǐzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), sobectví [neuter] (Czech), egoismus [masculine] (Czech), egoism [common-gender] (Danish), egoïsme [neuter] (Dutch), zelfzucht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), egoismo (Esperanto), itsekkyys (Finnish), egoismi (Finnish), égoïsme [masculine] (French), ეგოიზმი (egoizmi) (Georgian), ანგარება (angareba) (Georgian), მეთავისეობა (metaviseoba) (Georgian), Egoismus [masculine] (German), egóismi [masculine] (Icelandic), egoismo (Ido), 利己主義 (rikoshugi) (alt: りこしゅぎ) (Japanese), өзімшілдік (özımşıldık) (Kazakh), amor sui [masculine] (Latin), അഹംഭാവം (ahambhāvaṁ) (Malayalam), خودخواهی (Persian), egoizm [masculine] (Polish), samolubność [feminine] (Polish), samolubstwo [plural] (Polish), egoísmo [masculine] (Portuguese), эгои́зм (egoízm) [masculine] (Russian), samoljublje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), egoizam [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), egoísmo [masculine] (Spanish), egoism [common-gender] (Swedish), อัตนิยม (àt-dtà-ní-yom) (Thai), อัตตานิยม (àt-dtaa-ní-yom) (Thai), อัตตัตถนิยม (àt-dtàt-tà-nì-yom) (Thai), егої́зм (ehojízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-egoism-en-noun-cDtSG~OB Disambiguation of Psychology: 55 40 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 25 1 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 68 27 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 63 32 5 Disambiguation of 'tendency to think of self': 53 26 21 Disambiguation of 'tendency to think of self': 53 26 21
  2. (ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-egoism-en-noun-L8X1k91o Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
  3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotism (tendency to talk excessively about oneself). Tags: countable, nonstandard, uncountable
    Sense id: en-egoism-en-noun-O~NGRSpE
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: egoïsm [rare], egomism [obsolete] Derived forms: ethical egoism, rational egoism Related terms: egoist, egoistic, egoistical, ethnocentrism, misanthropy (english: hatred of human race), narcissism

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], egoism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], un egoism [accusative, indefinite, nominative, singular], egoismul [accusative, definite, nominative, singular], egoism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], unui egoism [dative, genitive, indefinite, singular], egoismului [dative, definite, genitive, singular], egoismule [singular, vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French égoïsme. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ro|fr|égoïsme|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} French égoïsme, {{bor+|ro|fr|égoïsme}} Borrowed from French égoïsme Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} egoism n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=egoismelor|gpi=egoisme|gsd=egoismului|gsi=egoism|n=sg|npd=egoismele|npi=egoisme|nsd=egoismul|nsi=egoism|vp=egoismelor|vs=egoismule}}
  1. egoism, selfishness Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-egoism-ro-noun-5NbhYQEc Categories (other): Romanian entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], egoism [indefinite, nominative, uncountable], egoismen [definite, nominative, uncountable], egoisms [genitive, indefinite, uncountable], egoismens [definite, genitive, uncountable]
Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns|uncountable|g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} egoism c (uncountable), {{sv-noun|c|-}} egoism c (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{sv-decl-noun|egoism|egoismen|-|-|egoisms|egoismens|-|-|base=egoism|definitions=|gender=Common|uncountable=yes}}
  1. egoism; the tendency to think of self and self-interest. Tags: common-gender, uncountable
    Sense id: en-egoism-sv-noun-iocBTQLn Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks, Swedish nouns ending in "-ism" Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swedish nouns ending in "-ism": 49 51
  2. (ethics) egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest. Tags: common-gender, uncountable Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-egoism-sv-noun-Jfb7STGe Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup, Swedish links with redundant wikilinks, Swedish nouns ending in "-ism" Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup: 51 49 Disambiguation of Swedish links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Swedish nouns ending in "-ism": 49 51 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: egoistisk

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      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "unui egoism",
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        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "egoism, selfishness"
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          "selfishness"
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      ]
    }
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}

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    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Swedish nouns",
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    "Swedish uncountable nouns"
  ],
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    {
      "form": "egoism",
      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
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    },
    {
      "form": "egoismen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egoisms",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "egoismens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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    {
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        "1": "sv",
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        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "egoism c (uncountable)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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        "egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest."
      ],
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        [
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          "egoism",
          "#English"
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        "(ethics) egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest."
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        "common-gender",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
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}
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  "path": [
    "egoism"
  ],
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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