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solipsistic

solipsistic

3 9.9
Thinking only about yourself and ignoring other people's needs
  • adjective
  • /ˌsɒlɪpˈsɪstɪk/
translation icon : egocéntrico
  • His solipsistic attitude makes it hard for him to understand other people's feelings.
  • solipsistic self

Examples

  • Your entitled life as the son of wealthy parents has created in you a solipsistic mind.

    Blog text (4)
  • Soyinka thus underlines the solipsistic character of the Western protagonist and hero.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The solipsistic "couple" is broken apart by this play within the play.

    Academic text (1990)
  • You're so solipsistic that you see yourself in everything.

  • Where the Gothic hero had been solipsistic, the bachelor hero is selfish.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Orgon would turn the discursive community into a solipsistic closed circle.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Orgon's solipsistic projections have been exploded.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Yet the retreat to a private inner world led to estranging mirror games and the delusions of solipsistic consciousness.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Gabriel's solipsistic self-preoccupation and limited vision are repeatedly correlated through "The Dead" as we witness his several failures in communication.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Postmodernists display a solipsistic inwardness that forgets that true self-discovery entails the fullest confrontation with the eternal questions rooted in the very structure of the world.

    Academic text (1998)

Synonyms

selfish
vssolipsistic
458 1.0

Caring only about yourself and not about other people

is about ignoring others completely rather than merely lacking care
self-centered
vssolipsistic
  • US
56 3.9

A person who is only interested in their own needs and not in other people's feelings

is more extreme and denies others existence and needs
self-absorbed
vssolipsistic
  • Offensive
38 6.3

A person who thinks only about their own needs and not about other people

is more dismissive, denying others existence or their needs
self-involved
vssolipsistic
9 7.0

Being only interested in your own needs and feelings

is broader and denies others existence and needs
egomaniacal
vssolipsistic
  • Offensive
6 8.6

A person who only cares about themselves and thinks they are more important than other people

is more about denying others reality and their needs
egoistic
vssolipsistic
2 7.4

Caring only about your own needs and wants

places total self interest above others existence or needs
self-seeking
vssolipsistic
1 6.9

A person who cares only about their own gain and ignores other people

is not just seeking advantage but rejects others existence and needs
egoistical
vssolipsistic
7.6

Thinking only about yourself and not about other people

is more extreme and ignores others existence and needs

Antonyms

72 3.2

Caring more about other people's needs than your own

How Self-Centered

egomaniacal
  • Offensive
6 8.6
solipsistic
3 9.9
self-centered
  • US
56 3.9
selfish
458 1.0
considerate
68 2.5

Surface Forms

solipsistic positive

Morphology

solipsistic = solipsist (semi-transparent) = solipsism + ist + ic

The adjective is formed from the noun but the common colloquial sense 'self-centered' is a broader, non-philosophical extension of the original philosophical meaning.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember solipsistic is to see its parts solus ('alone') and ipse ('self'), like the word solo. That is why we also use solipsistic to describe someone who thinks only about their own needs and feelings.