suicism
English
Etymology
From Latin suus (“one's own”) + -ism.
Noun
suicism (uncountable) (obsolete)
- Selfishness; egoism.
- Synonyms: egocentricity, me-firstism, self-centeredness; see also Thesaurus:selfishness
- 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
- This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.
- Suicide.
- Synonyms: autohomicide, self-murder; see also Thesaurus:suicide
References
- “suicism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.