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EtymologyModificar

ego +‎ -ism

NounModificar

1. The tendency to think of self and self-interest.
2. (ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.
3. (nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) egotism

Related termsModificar

• egoist
• egoistic
• egoistical

SynonymsModificar

• (tendency to think of self): selfishness

AntonymsModificar

• (tendency to think of self): altruism

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See alsoModificar

• ethnocentrism
• misanthropy (hatred of human race)
• narcissism

AnagramsModificar

• gomesi

SwedishModificar

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egoism c.

1. egoism; the tendency to think of self and self-interest.
2. (ethics) egoism; the belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest.de:egoism

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