Philautia
//fɪˈlɔː.ti.ə// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Self-love, self-conceit archaic, historical, rare, uncountable
"Zwingli distinguished the origin of human sin with its Greek name, philautia. Philautia promotes the self over all others, both brother and father, neighbor and God. It is the wish for "things to be better for us than for others.""
Example
More examples"Zwingli distinguished the origin of human sin with its Greek name, philautia. Philautia promotes the self over all others, both brother and father, neighbor and God. It is the wish for "things to be better for us than for others.""
Etymology
Loan from Greek φίλαυτοι, nominative of φίλαυτος, a compound of phil- + auto-
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