Thesaurus / egoism
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synonyms for egoism
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- egomania
- egotism
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- megalomania
- narcissism
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- vainglory
- vanity
- egocentricity
- self-admiration
- swellheadedness
- vaunting
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Ethical egoism – which says that the ethical thing is that which brings about the greatest happiness for oneself – is a relevant ethical theory in this situation.
A PHILOSOPHER ANSWERS EVERYDAY MORAL DILEMMAS IN A TIME OF CORONAVIRUSLGBTQ-EDITORAPRIL 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSHe spoke continually of himself, indeed, but still in enigmas; a veiled prophet of egoism.
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, VOLUME XXIROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONWhat delicate comprehension of everything, what a loving heart, what a complete absence of egoism!
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMSIVAN TURGENEVHe has attained to annihilating himself, his hateful ego; but I too; it's not from egoism, I pray not.
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMSIVAN TURGENEVMy sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family.
HONORINEHONORE DE BALZACAnd when, with cynical egoism, they have collected their unnumbered dollars, what do they do with them?
AMERICAN SKETCHESCHARLES WHIBLEYThey are not to be swept away by the bluff, the egoism of what claims to be the only "Expert Scholarship."
THE TESTIMONY OF THE BIBLE CONCERNING THE ASSUMPTIONS OF DESTRUCTIVE CRITICISMS. E. WISHARDBut I am not acting thus from egoism: an egoist would find it easier-268- and smoother not to raise this question at all.
SMOKETURGENEV IVAN SERGEEVICHI ought not to care about small annoyances, and it is chiefly egoism that makes them annoyances.
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE, VOL. II (OF 3)GEORGE ELIOTThis reasoning, if one can call by so deliberate a word these leaping conclusions, was not any act of reflecting egoism.
THE ANGEL OF PAINE. F. BENSONWORDS RELATED TO EGOISM
- amour-propre
- arrogance
- assurance
- boastfulness
- boasting
- bragging
- conceit
- conceitedness
- ego
- egocentricity
- egoism
- egomania
- gasconade
- haughtiness
- insolence
- ostentation
- overconfidence
- presumption
- pride
- self-absorption
- self-admiration
- self-confidence
- self-importance
- self-interest
- self-love
- self-possession
- self-regard
- self-worship
- selfishness
- superiority
- swellheadedness
- vainglory
- vainness
- vanity
- vaunting
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.