egoism

See also: egoïsm

English

From French égoïsme, from New Latin egoismus, from Latin ego. By surface analysis, ego +‎ -ism.

egoism (countable and uncountable, plural egoisms)

The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
Synonyms: egocentricity, selfishness, solipsism; see also Thesaurus:selfishness

Antonym: altruism
(ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only.
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) Egotism (tendency to talk excessively about oneself).

tendency to think of self

Arabic: أَنَانِيَّة f (ʔanāniyya)
Belarusian: эгаі́зм m (ehaízm)
Bulgarian: егои́зъм (bg) m (egoízǎm)
Catalan: egoisme (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自我主義 / 自我主义 (zh) (zìwǒzhǔyì), 利己主義 / 利己主义 (zh) (lìjǐzhǔyì), 唯我主義 / 唯我主义 (zh) (wéiwǒzhǔyì)
Czech: sobectví n, egoismus m
Danish: egoism (da) c
Dutch: egoïsme (nl) n, zelfzucht (nl) f or m
Esperanto: egoismo (eo)
Finnish: itsekkyys (fi), egoismi (fi)
French: égoïsme (fr) m
Georgian: ეგოიზმი (egoizmi), ანგარება (angareba), მეთავისეობა (metaviseoba)
German: Egoismus (de) m
Hindi: अहंकार (hi) m (ahaṅkār), अभिमान (hi) m (abhimān), घमंड (hi) m (ghamaṇḍ)
Icelandic: egóismi m
Ido: egoismo (io)
Indonesian: egoisme (id)
Japanese: 利己主義 (ja) (りこしゅぎ, rikoshugi)
Kazakh: өзімшілдік (özımşıldık)
Latin: amor sui m
Malayalam: അഹംഭാവം (ml) (ahambhāvaṁ)
Persian: خودخواهی (fa)
Polish: egoizm (pl) m, samolubność (pl) f, samolubstwo (pl) pl
Portuguese: egoísmo (pt) m
Russian: эгои́зм (ru) m (egoízm)
Serbo-Croatian: samoljublje (sh) n, egoizam (sh) m
Spanish: egoísmo (es) m
Swedish: egoism (sv) c
Thai: อัตนิยม (àt-dtà-ní-yom), อัตตานิยม (àt-dtaa-ní-yom), อัตตัตถนิยม (àt-dtàt-tà-nì-yom)
Turkish: egoizm (tr) sg
Ukrainian: егої́зм m (ehojízm)

Borrowed from French égoïsme.

egoism n (uncountable)

egoism c (uncountable)

egoism; the tendency to think of self and self-interest.
(ethics) egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.