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
But where, if not from Mrs. Hilary, did Nan get her black fits of melancholy, her erratic irresponsible gaieties, her passionate angers, her sharp jealousies and egoisms?
From Dangerous Ages by Dame Rose Macaulay
He passes, and for a little space we are left with his egoisms and idiosyncrasies more or less in suspense.
From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Since then there has been a secret inquietude at the heart of all egoisms, a sentence of condemnation on the brow of all abuses and all tyrannies.
From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier
Pardon me these egoisms, which, if ever excusable, are so when writing to a friend to whom our concerns are not uninteresting.
From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson Randolph
