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meism en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English me English me Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English meism From me + -ism.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, uncountable, usually) Egotism; a focus on, or obsession with, oneself.
   • The new hippies, most of them, were just people who didn't buy into the rampant meism we were fed as children and teenagers. 2005, Christopher McEnroe, It's Only the Enemy Screaming, page 119:
   • They teach that everyone is a separate entity, and you should look out for number one, creating a selfish meism society. 2011, Konrad McKane, Alkaya: The Legend of Empyro, page 14:
   • The need to be a good team member and the propensiry toward individualism make the corporation an excellent opportunity for ronin to wrestle with the shadows of meism, opportunism, and glibness. 2001, Beverly Potter, Jeffrey Mishlove, Matt Gouig, The Way of the Ronin: Riding the Waves of Change, page 174:

Forms

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it meismo (Translations)