egoisms
Example Sentences
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"Let us eradicate the prevailing mentality revolving around our ego and personal and national egoisms which determine every decision we take," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2021
In those days, friendship knew nothing of our narrow and shabby egoisms.
From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent
It would be, he saw, a conflict of egoisms, and he could not afford to risk his own.
From Spiritual Adventures by Symons, Arthur
Yet the two egoisms reared against each other, seemed to him—could he have put the thought into shape—like combatants with lances drawn ready to strike.
From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Praed, Campbell, Mrs.
Regular contracts are made between these two egoisms, each of which arms itself against the other with the Do ut des.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Sabatier, Auguste