suicism
suicism noun: selfishness; egoism.
Noun
suicism (uncountable)
- Selfishness; egoism.
- This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English
- Synonyms:
- egocentricity, me-firstism, self-centeredness, egoism, egomism, hoggery, interestedness, philauty, porkishness, selfhood
- Suicide.
- Synonyms:
- autohomicide, self-murder, self-blood, self-deletion, self-killing, self-slaughter, self-slaying, sewer slide, sillycide
Synonyms of suicism
- egocentricity
- me-firstism
- self-centeredness
- egoism
- hoggery
- interestedness
- porkishness
- selfhood
- selfishness
- self-absorption
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Origin of suicism
From Latin suus (“one's own”) + -ism.
Questions about suicism
- What does suicism mean?
- Suicism means selfishness; egoism.
- What part of speech is suicism?
- Suicism is a noun.
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