egoism
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Egoism mastered diffidence, countered improvidence with "confidence in my strength and cleverness," and channeled all energies into the prolific output of well-made novels.
From Time Magazine Archive
Egoism is giving the "I" undue supremacy in thought; egotism is giving the "I" undue prominence in speech.
From English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by Fernald, James Champlin
Egoism or Ihood, the old contracting, narrowing cell, is destroyed as this expansive and expanding force grows and breaks forth.
From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob
Egoism and Anarchism are not so mutually interchangeable as Stirner thinks.
From Anarchism A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by Zenker, Ernst Viktor
Egoism and the Rights of Groups in Man.
From The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study by Forel, Auguste
Vocabulary lists containing egoism
Some Political and Philosophical -isms
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Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 2
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