Egoism is the prime cause of cancer of the soul.
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Egoism
Synonyms for "egoism" (35 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (11)
Related words (17)
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2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriescapable of
1 entriescauses desire
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- أَنَانِيَّة noun (tendency to think of self)
Belarusian
1 entries- эгаі́зм noun (tendency to think of self)
Bulgarian
1 entries- егои́зъм noun (tendency to think of self)
Catalan
1 entries- egoisme noun (tendency to think of self)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 利己主義 /利己主义 noun (tendency to think of self)
- 唯我主義 /唯我主义 noun (tendency to think of self)
- 自我主義 /自我主义 noun (tendency to think of self)
Czech
2 entries- egoismus noun (tendency to think of self)
- sobectví noun (tendency to think of self)
Danish
1 entries- egoism noun (tendency to think of self)
Dutch
2 entries- egoïsme noun (tendency to think of self)
- zelfzucht noun (tendency to think of self)
Esperanto
1 entries- egoismo noun (tendency to think of self)
Finnish
2 entries- egoismi noun (tendency to think of self)
- itsekkyys noun (tendency to think of self)
French
1 entries- égoïsme noun (tendency to think of self)
Georgian
3 entries- ანგარება noun (tendency to think of self)
- ეგოიზმი noun (tendency to think of self)
- მეთავისეობა noun (tendency to think of self)
German
1 entries- Egoismus noun (tendency to think of self)
Hindi
3 entries- अभिमान noun (tendency to think of self)
- अहंकार noun (tendency to think of self)
- घमंड noun (tendency to think of self)
Icelandic
1 entries- egóismi noun (tendency to think of self)
Ido
1 entries- egoismo noun (tendency to think of self)
Indonesian
1 entries- egoisme noun (tendency to think of self)
Japanese
1 entries- 利己主義 noun (tendency to think of self)
Kazakh
1 entries- өзімшілдік noun (tendency to think of self)
Latin
1 entries- amor sui noun (tendency to think of self)
Malayalam
1 entries- അഹംഭാവം noun (tendency to think of self)
Persian
1 entries- خودخواهی noun (tendency to think of self)
Polish
3 entries- egoizm noun (tendency to think of self)
- samolubność noun (tendency to think of self)
- samolubstwo noun (tendency to think of self)
Portuguese
1 entries- egoísmo noun (tendency to think of self)
Russian
1 entries- эгои́зм noun (tendency to think of self)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- egoizam noun (tendency to think of self)
- samoljublje noun (tendency to think of self)
Spanish
1 entries- egoísmo noun (tendency to think of self)
Swedish
1 entries- egoism noun (tendency to think of self)
Thai
3 entries- อัตตัตถนิยม noun (tendency to think of self)
- อัตตานิยม noun (tendency to think of self)
- อัตนิยม noun (tendency to think of self)
Turkish
1 entries- egoizm noun (tendency to think of self)
Ukrainian
1 entries- егої́зм noun (tendency to think of self)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The opposite of egoism is communism.
Source: tatoeba (4715551)
As I began to love myself I freed myself of anything that is no good for my health – food, people, things, situations, and everything that drew me down and away from myself. At first I called this attitude a healthy egoism. Today I know it is “LOVE OF ONESELF”.
Source: tatoeba (5030638)
Egoism - complaining about the egoism of others and not realizing one's own.
Source: tatoeba (6861620)
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