Dictionary

solipsist en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English solipsism Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English solipsist From solipsism + -ist.

Meanings

1. Of, or pertaining to, solipsism.

Synonyms

solipsistic

Translations (4)

pl solipsystyczny (pertaining to solipsism) · de solipsistisch (pertaining to solipsism) · it solipsista (pertaining to solipsism) · fi solipsistinen (pertaining to solipsism)

solipsist en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English solipsism Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English solipsist From solipsism + -ist.

Meanings

1. One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.
   • Some of this grandiosity is to be expected. Innovators tend to be solipsists. They often want to cram every stray fact and experience into their new model. 2010 September 27, Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change”, in The New Yorker:

Forms

Translations (5)

fi solipsisti (One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.) · pl solipsystka (One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.) · pl solipsysta (One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.) · fr solipsiste (One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.) · de Solipsist (One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.)