egoism

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
noun concern for your own interests and welfare

From French égoïsme, from New Latin egoismus, from Latin ego. By surface analysis, ego + -ism.

The logic is simple--the logic of egoism. — Creative Unity, Rabindranath Tagore
But individualism need imply neither egoism nor egotism. — A history of economic doctrines : $b from the time of the physiocrats to the present day, Charles Gide
The convent is supreme egoism having for its result supreme abnegation. — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo

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