solipsism

WOTD – 27 November 2011

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From Latin sōlus (“alone”) +‎ ipse (“self”) +‎ -ism.

solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)

(philosophy) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
Synonym: individualism (fourth sense)
Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
Synonyms: egocentricity, me-firstism, self-obsession; see also Thesaurus:selfishness
- 2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah:
  The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield.
- 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  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.
1. (euphemistic) Masturbation.
  Synonyms: onanism, self-pleasure; see also Thesaurus:masturbation

theory

Arabic: وَحْدَة الْأَنَا (ar) f (waḥda(t) al-ʔanā)
Armenian: սոլիպսիզմ (hy) (solipsizm)
Catalan: solipsisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 唯我論 / 唯我论 (zh) (wéiwǒlùn), 獨我論 / 独我论 (dúwǒlùn), 唯我主義 / 唯我主义 (zh) (wéiwǒzhǔyì)
Czech: solipsismus m
Danish: solipsisme c
Dutch: solipsisme (nl) n
Estonian: solipsism (et)
Finnish: solipsismi (fi)
French: solipsisme (fr) m
German: Solipsismus (de) m
Greek: εγωμονισμός m (egomonismós)
Italian: solipsismo (it) m
Kazakh: солипсизм (solipsizm)
Malagasy: sôlipsisma, fandavanjava-hita
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solipsisme m

Nynorsk: solipsisme m
Polish: solipsyzm (pl) m
Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
Russian: солипси́зм (ru) m (solipsízm)
Serbo-Croatian: солипсизам m (solipsízam)
Spanish: solipsismo (es) m
Swedish: solipsism (sv)

self-absorption

Danish: selvoptagethed c
Dutch: zelfingenomenheid (nl)
French: vanité (fr) f
German: Selbstbezogenheit f, Ichbezogenheit f, Selbstzentriertheit f, Selbstsucht (de) f, Egoismus (de) m
Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
Swedish: självupptagenhet (sv)

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