SOLIPSISM


Meaning of SOLIPSISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsō-ləp-ˌsi-zəm, ˈsä- ]

noun

Etymology: Latin solus alone + ipse self

Date: 1874

: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing ; also : extreme egocentrism

• so·lip·sist ˈsō-ləp-sist, ˈsä-ləp-, sə-ˈlip- noun

• so·lip·sis·tic ˌsō-ləp-ˈsis-tik, ˌsä- adjective

• so·lip·sis·ti·cal·ly -ti-k(ə-)lē adverb

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