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 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 is an intellectual gesture, a spiritual attitude, a temperamental atmosphere.
From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by Powys, John Cowper
So saying, he sprang to his feet, Egoism in triumph, Altruism put to inglorious rout.
From Overshadowed A Novel by Griggs, Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert)
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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