Solipsism is the philosophical view that only one's own mind is sure to exist, or it can mean excessive self-centeredness.
Solipsism is the view that only the self exists or can be known, or excessive self-absorption.
| Front | solipsism \SOL-ip-siz-uhm\ |
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| Back | noun 1. The view or theory that the self is all that exists or can be known to exist. 2. Self-absorption or self-centeredness. [From Latin solus (alone) + ipse (self). Earliest documented use: 1836.] “These feckless fudgewits who think the world stops when they close their eyes and only becomes real once they open them again. That kind of solipsism is part of the joy of being young, of course.” - Meet the Exiles on Vain Street; Irish Independent (Dublin); Jun 5, 2015. |
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