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egoism
/ 藞i藧伞蓹蕣藢瑟z蓹m; 藞蓻伞- /
noun
- concern for one's own interests and welfare
- ethics the theory that the pursuit of one's own welfare is the highest good Compare altruism
- self-centredness; egotism
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补苍顎卼颈路别顎僩辞路颈蝉尘 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of egoism1
First recorded in 1775鈥85; from French 茅驳辞茂蝉尘别, from New Latin egoismus, equivalent to ego ego ( def ) + -ismus -ism ( def )
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See egotism.
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鈥淚 think that in the dynamic of multilateral diplomacy, we need to avoid egoism, egoism of the north towards the south.鈥
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Such mythmaking adds to the public's belief in the possibility of the American dream and the praiseworthy egoism of genius.
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鈥淎 flat-out symbol of greed and egoism鈥 is how his 76-story Columbia Center was dismissed by a former University of Washington School of Architecture dean.
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The egoism of being an actor is wonderful to laugh at.
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He can be a bully in part because he can temper his cruelty and egoism with the performance of a clown or a showman.
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