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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

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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
Synonyms
arrogance傲慢,傲慢的态度,傲慢自大,傲慢无礼assurance保证,确保,保险,保障boastfulness浮夸风,浮夸,浮夸之风,吹嘘boasting夸夸其谈,夸大其词,浮夸,夸口说bragging吹牛,吹嘘,吹牛的人,吹捧conceit构想,构思,观念,自负conceitedness自负,自负的人,自负心,自大egomania自大狂,自大狂魔,自大症,自恋症egotism自负主义,利己主义,自负,自负心态gasconade煤气中毒,煤气罐,煤气康德,煤气爆炸haughtiness傲慢,傲慢无礼,傲慢的态度,傲慢态度insolence非礼勿视,非礼行为,非礼,无礼行为megalomania自大狂,自大狂魔,自大症,狂妄自大症narcissism自恋,自恋症,自恋狂,自戀ostentation浮夸风,浮夸,铺张浪费,大肆渲染overconfidence过度自信,过分自信,过于自信,太过自信presumption推定,假设,假定,推断pride骄傲,自豪,自豪感,尊严self-absorption自我陶醉,自我吸收,自闭症,自闭self-confidence自信心,自信,自尊心,自豪感self-importance自视甚高,自尊心,自重,自大self-interest自利性,自身利益,自利,私利self-love自爱,自愛,自恋,孤独self-possession自持力,自持,自持性,自持能力self-regard自爱,自重,自尊心,自视甚高self-worship自我崇拜,自崇拜,自拜,自身崇拜selfishness自私,自私心,自私自利,私心superiority优越性,优势,优越感,优异性vainglory虚荣心,虚荣心作祟,爱慕虚荣,虚荣vanity虚荣心,虚幻性,虚荣,虚荣心强egocentricity自我中心,自我中心主义,以自我为中心,自尊心self-admiration自我陶醉,自我表扬,自我欣赏,自我评价swellheadedness头脑发胀,头脑发胀的人,肿胀,头脑发热vaunting炫耀,炫耀性,夸耀,虚荣心

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?