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solipsism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/

Etymology

From Latin sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”) + -ism.

Meanings

1. (countable, literally, uncountable) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
   • Subjective idealism also leads infallibly to solipsism, since if everything is in 'my' imagination there is no ground for belief in the existence of other subjects. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 450:
2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
   • Self-mythology has always been part of The Darkness’ shtick, but here Hawkins and crew forget to back it up with music catchy enough to transcend the solipsism. 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club:
   • The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield. 2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah:
3. (countable, euphemistic, figuratively, uncountable) Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism. ▸ Masturbation.

Forms

Relateds

solipsistic · solipsist · solipsistically

Synonyms

self-servingness · self-interestedness · interestedness · jerking off · lone rangering · pocket pool · me-firstism · me-firstism · self-abuse · self-absorption · shaking hands with the milkman · hoggery · self-obsession · wank · solitary vice · philauty · egocentricity · solipsism · self-obsession · suicism · me-firstism · manustupration · individualism · shaking out the curtains · selfishness · hand shandy · egoism · spanking the monkey · interestedness · egocentricity · self-absorption · peeling the cucumber · self-servingness · hoggery · ipsation · celebrating Palm Sunday · egocentricity · egomism · egoism · selfhood · mastupration · choking the chicken · polishing the jewels · self-obsession · selfishness · me-firstism · Hand Solo · secret vice · suicism · onanism · masturbation · onanism · egocentricity · self-pollution · selfhood · porkishness · self-centeredness · philauty · solipsism · egomism · milking the sausage · self-pleasure · self-pleasure · tossing off · self-love · self-interestedness · beat one's meat · self-centeredness · solipsism · romancing the bone · self-defilement · jacking off · self-obsession · porkishness · ham shank

Translations (37)

da solipsisme (theory) · ca solipsisme (theory) · de Egoismus (self-absorption) · hy սոլիպսիզմ (theory) · de Selbstbezogenheit (self-absorption) · da selvoptagethed (self-absorption) · pl solipsyzm (theory) · mg fandavanjava-hita (theory) · nl solipsisme (theory) · sk solipsizmus (theory) · et solipsism (theory) · ar وَحْدَة الْأَنَا (theory) · de Selbstsucht (self-absorption) · mg sôlipsisma (theory) · fr solipsisme (theory) · el εγωμονισμός (theory) · sv solipsism (theory) · de Selbstzentriertheit (self-absorption) · de Solipsismus (theory) · es solipsismo (theory) · sv självupptagenhet (self-absorption) · cs solipsismus (theory) · nn solipsisme (theory) · nl zelfingenomenheid (self-absorption) · cmn 唯我主義 /唯我主义 (theory) · ru солипси́зм (theory) · sh солипсизам (theory) · cmn 獨我論 /独我论 (theory) · fi solipsismi (theory) · pt solipsismo (theory) · de Ichbezogenheit (self-absorption) · fr vanité (self-absorption) · cmn 唯我論 /唯我论 (theory) · kk солипсизм (theory) · it solipsismo (theory) · nb solipsisme (theory) · pt solipsismo (self-absorption)