"egoism" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-egoism.ogg 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 /自我主义 (zìwǒzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 利己主義 /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), अहंकार (ahaṅkār) [masculine] (Hindi), अभिमान (abhimān) [masculine] (Hindi), घमंड (ghamaṇḍ) [masculine] (Hindi), 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)
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  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, panegoism, rational egoism Related terms: egoist, egoistic, egoistical, ethnocentrism, misanthropy (english: hatred of human race), narcissism

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      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "ეგოიზმი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "angareba",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "ანგარება"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "metaviseoba",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "მეთავისეობა"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Egoismus"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
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      "alt": "りこしゅぎ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "rikoshugi",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "利己主義"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "özımşıldık",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "өзімшілдік"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
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      "word": "amor sui"
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      "roman": "ahambhāvaṁ",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "അഹംഭാവം"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "word": "خودخواهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "egoizm"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "samolubność"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
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      "word": "samolubstwo"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "egoísmo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "egoízm",
      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "tendency to think of self",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "th",
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ehojízm",
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