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EGOISM

1. The doctrine of determined extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for. 2. Overweening love and thought of self; the habit of regarding one's self as the center of each interest; selfishness; opposed to altruism. Origin: F. Egoisme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and cf. Egotism. Source: Websters Vocabulary
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