solipsisms

Noun

solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)

1. (literally) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
   • Subjective idealism also leads infallibly to solipsism, since if everything is in 'my' imagination there is no ground for belief in the existence of other subjects.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...

   Synonyms:

   individualism

2. (figuratively) Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
   • The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield.2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah

   Synonyms:

   egocentricity, me-firstism, self-obsession, egoism, egomism, hoggery, interestedness, philauty, porkishness, selfhood

   1. (euphemistic, figuratively) Masturbation.