How to Use "egoism" with Example Sentences

1. It was not egoism or narcissism , he insisted .

2. In this sense ethical egoism is a moral guide only in a purely technical philosophical sense .

3. He is ready , like the hungry wolf , to attack his neighbor , for he is governed by the crudest and most naked egoism .

4. However the current philosophical practice is to take ethical egoism as a view that promotes acting in one 's own self-interest even when this requires harming innocent people .

5. He called for a clear break with the " bad habits " of the past : demagogy , clinging to power , " primitive egoism " .

Nearby words

self-worship self-absurption self-esteem self-conceit self-regard self-admiration bovarism self-importance self-approbation overconfidence vainglory self-centeredness self-love narcissism egotism

self-serving self-interest individualism selfishness