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solipsistic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English solips(ism) 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English solipsistic From solips(ism) + -istic.

Meanings

  1. Of, relating to, or being disposed to solipsism.
    • For Philip there was only this solipsistic stroking, by definition nameless. 1986, David Leavitt, The Lost Language of Cranes, paperback edition, Penguin, page 73:
  2. Self-centred, selfish, unaware or out of touch with the views or needs of others.
    • Some people might say with the overabundance of remakes and remasters at present that gaming culture is stuck in a bit of a solipsistic feedback loop. Some less verbally guarded people might say the industry currently has its mouth sewn to its own butthole. 2026 July 15, Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw, 0:15 from the start, in Star Fox (Fully Ramblomatic), Second Wind, via YouTube:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most solipsistic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more solipsistic Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unsolipsistic · solipsistically · nonsolipsistic

Synonyms

egocentric · selfsome · interested · individualistic · self-minded · selflike · reptilian · self-centered · idiocentric · self-absorbed · egoistical · every man for himself · self-serving · selflike · self-minded · porkish · self-seeking · selfish · solipsistic · egocentric · self-interested

Translations (10)

fi itsekeskeinen (self-centered, selfish) · de ichbezogen (self-centered, selfish) · de egozentrisch (self-centered, selfish) · de selbstsüchtig (self-centered, selfish) · fi solipsistinen (solipsistic) · de selbstbezogen (self-centered, selfish) · de egoistisch (self-centered, selfish) · de solipsistisch (solipsistic) · de eigennützig (self-centered, selfish) · de eigensüchtig (self-centered, selfish)