egoism
/ee-goh-iz-uhm, eg-oh-/US // ˈi goʊˌɪz əm, ˈɛg oʊ- //UK // (ˈiːɡəʊˌɪzəm, ˈɛɡ-) //
利己主义,自负主义,自负论,唯我独尊
Related Words
self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大self-regard自爱,自重,自尊心,自视甚高selfishness自私,自私心,自私自利,私心egomania自大狂,自大狂魔,自大症,自恋症presumption推定,假设,假定,推断self-love自爱,自愛,自恋,孤独self-confidence自信心,自信,自尊心,自豪感boasting夸夸其谈,夸大其词,浮夸,夸口说overconfidence过度自信,过分自信,过于自信,太过自信arrogance傲慢,傲慢的态度,傲慢自大,傲慢无礼vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣pride骄傲,自豪,自豪感,尊严gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸assurance保证,确保,保险,保障narcissism自恋,自恋症,自恋狂,自戀haughtiness傲慢,傲慢无礼,傲慢的态度,傲慢态度ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染self-absorption自我陶醉,自我吸收,自闭症,自闭egotism自负主义,利己主义,自负,自负心态
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the habit of valuing everything only in reference to one's personal interest; selfishness.
- : egotism or conceit.
- : Ethics. the view that morality ultimately rests on self-interest.
Synonyms & Antonyms
nounself-centeredness
Forms: egoisms
Examples
Ethical egoism – which says that the ethical thing is that which brings about the greatest happiness for oneself – is a relevant ethical theory in this situation.
He spoke continually of himself, indeed, but still in enigmas; a veiled prophet of egoism.
What delicate comprehension of everything, what a loving heart, what a complete absence of egoism!
He has attained to annihilating himself, his hateful ego; but I too; it's not from egoism, I pray not.
My sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family.
And when, with cynical egoism, they have collected their unnumbered dollars, what do they do with them?
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