单词 | self-involution |
释义 | self-involutionn. The quality or condition of being self-involved; self-involvement. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > preoccupation with self self-centrality1642 selfhood1647 selfism1731 self-involution1800 self-absorption1803 self-consciousness1833 selfdom1852 self-involvement1860 self-centredness1861 self-centration1862 self-centralization1863 self-centralism1890 self-orientation1950 1800 S. T. Coleridge in Morning Post 1 Jan. The fierce confidence, and proud self-involution of a military despot, intoxicated with vanity. 1888 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 1 630 Heraclitus..seemed to appreciate the dangers of self-involution. 1917 G. A. Coe Social Theory Relig. Educ. xvi. 228 Self-involution on the part of any institution involves decay of its social value. 1997 H. S. Harris Hegel's Ladder II. i. 43 Each side is blinded by its own self-involution, and not by personal craziness on one side, or by a monstrous social conspiracy on the other. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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