释义 |
selfism|ˈsɛlfɪz(ə)m| [f. self n. + -ism.] Devotion to or concentration upon one's own interests; self-centredness. Also, the ‘selfish theory’ of morals.
1791–1823D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1866) 524 In the pride of luxury and selfism. 1832Disraeli Cont. Fleming ii. x, That nothing could tempt me to compromise my absorbing selfism. 1860Emerson Cond. Life (1861) 79 By treating the patient tenderly, to shut him up in a narrower selfism. 1871Blackie Morals i. 50 Hobbes and the other advocates of selfism. 1894[see otherism]. |