English

Etymology

Noun

1. The tendency to think of self and self-interest.
2. In the context of "ethics": The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.
3. Egotism.

Related terms

• egoist
• egoistic
• egoistical

Synonyms

• sense tendency to think of self selfishness

Antonyms

• sense tendecy to think of self altruism

Translations

See also

• ethnocentrism
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• narcissism

• psychological egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals are always motivated by self-interest
• ethical egoism, the doctrine that holds that individuals ought to do what is in their self-interest
• rational egoism, the belief that it is rational to act in one's self-interest
• solipsism, (sometimes called egoism), the belief that only one's self exists, or that only the experiences of one's self can be verified
• egotism, an excessive or exaggerated sense of self-importance: common spelling mistake, and misapprehension that it is egotism.

References

See also

• Altruism, "otherism", the opposite of egoism
• Selfishness
• Individualism, a focus on the individual as opposed to society
• Individualist anarchism - anarchism that exalts the supremacy of the individual
• Libertarianism, a political ideology that advocates individual liberty and private property
• Machiavellianism, a tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain
• Objectivism (Ayn Rand), a philosophical system based on the writings of novelist Ayn Rand that advocates egoism
• Post-egoism, a philosophy aiming beyond egoism
• Suitheism - Belief in self as a deity