solipsism

English

WOTD – 27 November 2011

Etymology

From Latin sōlus (“alone”) +‎ ipse (“self”) +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑlɪpsɪzm/

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Noun

solipsism (countable and uncountable, plural solipsisms)

1. (philosophy) The idea that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.

   Synonym: individualism (fourth sense)

2. Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.
   • 2011, Bing West, No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah:

     The solipsism that too frequently infects high commands has no place on a battlefield.

   • 2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     Self-mythology has always been part of The Darkness’ shtick, but here Hawkins and crew forget to back it up with music catchy enough to transcend the solipsism.

Related terms

• solipsistic
• solipsistically
• solipsist

Translations

theory

• Arabic: وَحْدَة الْأَنَا (ar) f (waḥda(t) al-ʔanā)
• Armenian: սոլիպսիզմ (hy) (solipsizm)
• Catalan: solipsisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 唯我論／唯我论 (zh) (wéiwǒlùn), 獨我論／独我论 (dúwǒlùn), 唯我主義／唯我主义 (zh) (wéiwǒzhǔyì)

• Czech: solipsismus m
• Danish: solipsisme c
• Dutch: solipsisme (nl) n
• Estonian: solipsism (et)
• Finnish: solipsismi (fi)
• French: solipsisme (fr) m
• German: Solipsismus (de) m
• Greek: εγωμονισμός m (egomonismós)
• Italian: solipsismo (it) m
• Kazakh: солипсизм (solipsizm)
• Malagasy: sôlipsisma, fandavanjava-hita
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solipsisme m

  Nynorsk: solipsisme m

• Polish: solipsyzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
• Russian: солипси́зм (ru) m (solipsízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: солипсизам m (solipsízam)
• Spanish: solipsismo (es) m
• Swedish: solipsism (sv)

self-absorption

• Danish: selvoptagethed c
• Dutch: zelfingenomenheid (nl)
• French: vanité (fr) f
• German: Selbstbezogenheit f, Ichbezogenheit f, Selbstzentriertheit f, Selbstsucht (de) f, Egoismus (de) m
• Portuguese: solipsismo (pt) m
• Swedish: självupptagenhet (sv)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French solipsisme.

Noun

solipsism n (uncountable)

1. solipsism

Declension

declension of solipsism (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) solipsism	solipsismul
genitive/dative	(unui) solipsism	solipsismului
vocative	solipsismule