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
Cumberland’s Benevolence is, deliberately, the precise antithesis to the Egoism of Hobbes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various
Egoism is the arch-enemy of love, selfishness is the manifestation of egoism.
From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)
Egoism was reinforced by the ordinary reluctance of Conservatism, by a very honest hatred of agrarian crime, and by an equally honest if less reasonable fear of religious persecution.
From A Short History of English Liberalism by Blease, Walter Lyon
Egoism admits all pleasures; it repels none; it may, if it is enlightened, if it has become delicate and refined, recommend, as more durable and less alloyed, the pleasures of sentiment.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Cousin, Victor
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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