English Explanatory Dictionary

solipsism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
  2. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
  3. Masturbation.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɒlɪpsɪzəm/ En-us-ncalif-solipsism.ogg

Word forms

solipsism solipsisms

Etymology

From Latin sōlus (“alone”) + ipse (“self”) + -ism.

Synonyms

individualism egocentricity me-firstism self-obsession egoism egomism hoggery interestedness philauty porkishness selfhood selfishness self-absorption self-centeredness self-interestedness self-servingness solipsism suicism onanism self-pleasure celebrating Palm Sunday choking the chicken ham shank hand shandy Hand Solo ipsation jacking off jerking off lone rangering manustupration mastupration masturbation milking the sausage peeling the cucumber pocket pool polishing the jewels romancing the bone secret vice self-abuse self-defilement self-love self-pollution shaking hands with the milkman shaking out the curtains solitary vice spanking the monkey tossing off wank

Related words

solipsistic solipsistically solipsist

Translations

Arabic: وَحْدَة الْأَنَا Armenian: սոլիպսիզմ Catalan: solipsisme Chinese Mandarin: 唯我論 /唯我论 Chinese Mandarin: 獨我論 /独我论 Chinese Mandarin: 唯我主義 /唯我主义 Czech: solipsismus Danish: solipsisme Dutch: solipsisme Estonian: solipsism Finnish: solipsismi French: solipsisme German: Solipsismus Greek: εγωμονισμός Italian: solipsismo Kazakh: солипсизм Malagasy: sôlipsisma Malagasy: fandavanjava-hita Norwegian Bokmål: solipsisme Norwegian Nynorsk: solipsisme Polish: solipsyzm Portuguese: solipsismo Russian: солипси́зм Serbo-Croatian: солипсизам Spanish: solipsismo Swedish: solipsism
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