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
The way a man handles his egoisms is a test of his mastery over an audience or a class of readers.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 by Various
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 Auguste Sabatier
In this wide category of childish egoisms we seem to be near the level of animal ways.
From Children's Ways by James Sully