| 单词 | egoism |
| 释义 | egoism (once / 2635 pages) n Someone who is full of himself and doesn't give a darn about other people has a healthy supply of egoism. Egoism means "me me me me me-ism." Egoism has a lot to do with selfishness, which sounds like a bad thing, right? Not necessarily. Some people think that being selfish is the best thing to do for the world as a whole. In other words, if everyone is selfish, everyone will be better off. So egoism can be considered positive or negative — it all depends how someone uses the word. This makes egoism different from egotism — an always yucky type of selfishness. WORD FAMILYegoism: egoisms, egoist, egoistic+/ego: egoism, egos, egotism, superego/egoist: egoists/egoistic: egoistical, egoistically/egotism: egotisms, egotist, egotistic/egotist: egotistical, egotists/egotistic: egotistically/superego: superegos USAGE EXAMPLESFor Tocqueville, this term was not to be equated with self-centeredness, selfishness or egoism, nor with “the cult of the self.” Time(Nov 02, 2016) Yet egoism, acquisitiveness, competitiveness, and all the other ills of human flesh bob repeatedly to the surface, like a cork that will not be submerged. The New Yorker(Sep 26, 2016) Television politicians these days are mostly venal, their cutthroat egoism wrung for drama on “Scandal” and for laughs on “Veep.” New York Times(Sep 12, 2016) 1n concern for your own interests and welfare Syn|Ant|Hyper egocentrism, self-centeredness, self-concern, self-interest altruism, selflessness the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others trait a distinguishing feature of your personal nature 2n (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare is the basis of morality Hyper theory a belief that can guide behavior |
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