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selfism

noun

Etymology

From self + -ism.

  1. inherited from *selbʰ-✻ — “one's own”
  2. inherited from *selbaz✻
  3. inherited from self
  4. inherited from salve
  5. suffixed as selfism — “self + ism”

Definitions

  1. The practice of focusing concern and effort on the needs of the self.

  2. An ethical system prescribing such focus.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA