ETYM French égoďsme, from Latin -ego I. Related to I, Egotism.
Attempting to get personal recognition for oneself (especially by unacceptable means); SYN. egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness.
Doctrine that the pursuit of self-interest is the highest good.
In ethics, the doctrine that we seek only our enlightened self-interest and that all our desires are self-referential. Notable ethical theorists who have held versions of egoism are Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, and Benedict Spinoza. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin ego I + ending -tism for -ism, prob. influenced by other English words in -tism from the Greek, where t is not part of the ending, as baptism. Related to Egoism.
An exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; SYN. self-importance, swelled head.

(Irregular plural: selves).
1. A person considered as a unique individual.
2. One's consciousness of one's own identity; SYN. ego.
The individual as an experiencing being, the subject of contemplation, the object of introspection, and the agent of thought and action. Personality and ego are commonly used synonyms, though they do not have exactly the same meaning. The personality is more outwardly observable (by others, that is) and the ego, as a psychoanalytical term at least, contains unconscious elements that the self does not recognize. + prikaži više

Stinginess resulting from a concern for one's own welfare and a disregard of others.