egoism

egoism
[ˈɛgəʊɪz(ə)m, ˈiː-]
noun
[mass noun]

(Ethics)an ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality
(伦理学)（把私利当作道德基础的伦理学理论）利己主义；自我主义
■another term for egotism
同 egotism

派生
egoist
noun
egoistic
adjective
egoistical
adjective
egoistically
adverb
语源

late 18th cent.: from French égoïsme and modern Latin egoismus, from Latin ego 'I'

用法

The words egoism and egotism are frequently treated as interchangeable, but there are distinctions which are worth noting. Egotism, the more commonly used term, means ‘the fact of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself’. Strictly speaking, egoism is a term used in Ethics to mean ‘a theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of moral behaviour’, although this sense is not dominant today; around 90 per cent of the citations for egoism on the Oxford English Corpus are for the meaning ‘excessive conceit’

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