"solipsism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɑlɪpsɪzm/ [US] Audio: En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg Forms: solipsisms [plural]
Etymology: From Latin sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”) + -ism. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin, {{compound|la|sōlus|ipse|nocat=1|t1=alone|t2=self}} sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”), {{suffix|en||ism}} + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)
  1. (philosophy) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Philosophy Synonyms: individualism
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  2. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (self-absorption): selvoptagethed [common-gender] (Danish), zelfingenomenheid (Dutch), vanité [feminine] (French), Selbstbezogenheit [feminine] (German), Ichbezogenheit [feminine] (German), Selbstzentriertheit [feminine] (German), Selbstsucht [feminine] (German), Egoismus [masculine] (German), solipsismo [masculine] (Portuguese), självupptagenhet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-solipsism-en-noun-Xbte8o7c Disambiguation of 'self-absorption': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: solipsistic, solipsistically, solipsist Translations (theory): وَحْدَة الْأَنَا (alt: waḥda(t) al-ʔanā) [feminine] (Arabic), սոլիպսիզմ (solipsizm) (Armenian), solipsisme [masculine] (Catalan), 唯我論 (Chinese Mandarin), 唯我论 (wéiwǒlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 獨我論 (Chinese Mandarin), 独我论 (dúwǒlùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 唯我主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 唯我主义 (wéiwǒzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), solipsismus [masculine] (Czech), solipsisme [common-gender] (Danish), solipsisme [neuter] (Dutch), solipsism (Estonian), solipsismi (Finnish), solipsisme [masculine] (French), Solipsismus [masculine] (German), εγωμονισμός (egomonismós) [masculine] (Greek), solipsismo [masculine] (Italian), солипсизм (solipsizm) (Kazakh), sôlipsisma (Malagasy), fandavanjava-hita (Malagasy), solipsisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), solipsisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), solipsyzm [masculine] (Polish), solipsismo [masculine] (Portuguese), солипси́зм (solipsízm) [masculine] (Russian), солипсизам (solipsízam) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), solipsismo [masculine] (Spanish), solipsism (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'theory': 0 0

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      "expansion": "Latin",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "sōlus",
        "3": "ipse",
        "nocat": "1",
        "t1": "alone",
        "t2": "self"
      },
      "expansion": "sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”)",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ism"
      },
      "expansion": "+ -ism",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”) + -ism.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "solipsisms",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "solipsistic"
    },
    {
      "word": "solipsistically"
    },
    {
      "word": "solipsist"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Philosophy"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "philosophy",
          "philosophy"
        ],
        [
          "self",
          "self"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ],
        [
          "prove",
          "prove"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(philosophy) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "individualism"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah:",
          "text": "The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:",
          "text": "Self-mythology has always been part of The Darkness’ shtick, but here Hawkins and crew forget to back it up with music catchy enough to transcend the solipsism.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "self-centeredness",
          "self-centeredness"
        ],
        [
          "egoism",
          "egoism"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɑlɪpsɪzm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/13/En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg/En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "alt": "waḥda(t) al-ʔanā",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَحْدَة الْأَنَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "solipsizm",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "սոլիպսիզմ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "唯我論"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéiwǒlùn",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "唯我论"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "獨我論"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dúwǒlùn",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "独我论"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "唯我主義"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéiwǒzhǔyì",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "唯我主义"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "solipsism"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "solipsismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Solipsismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "egomonismós",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εγωμονισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "solipsizm",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "солипсизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "sôlipsisma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "fandavanjava-hita"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "solipsízm",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "солипси́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "roman": "solipsízam",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "солипсизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "theory",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "theory",
      "word": "solipsism"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "selvoptagethed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "word": "zelfingenomenheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vanité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstbezogenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ichbezogenheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstzentriertheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstsucht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Egoismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solipsismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "self-absorption",
      "word": "självupptagenhet"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "solipsism"
  ],
  "word": "solipsism"
}

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