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solipsism

/sol-ip-siz-uhm/US // ˈsɒl ɪpˌsɪz əm //UK // (ˈsɒlɪpˌsɪzəm) //

孤独主义,唯心主义,唯我论,孤独论

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
    • : extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.

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Examples

  • I recognize the solipsism and selfishness in this, but also the act of self-preservation that it represents.

  • For one, the personal nature of some of the songs should not be taken as a retreat from the body politic into solipsism.

  • They are based on the solipsism of influential people who are scandalized only by injustices that they experience personally.

  • At the very same time, he has to paint a picture of the near-apocalyptic consequences of right-wing solipsism.

  • But in the age of the iPod, where solipsism has been made sophisticated, they are more right than anyone ever imagined.

  • Of course, when an entire throng is trying to rise above itself, an epidemic of free-form vulgarity and solipsism ensues.

  • The Democrats had better start learning what Ayn Rand knew, despite her foolish solipsism.

  • Thus idealists are wedded to solipsism irrevocably; and it is a happy marriage, only the name of the lady has to be changed.

  • I realize now that I may have been falling into the trap of solipsism, “who watches the quad,” et cetera, type of thing.

  • Why not admit solipsism and be true to the transcendental method?

  • This theory is also called Subjective Idealism or Solipsism.

  • The philosophic system becomes a solipsism, a pure lyric expression of the appetites of human nature.