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Solipsism

/ˈsɑlɪpsɪzm/

The theory that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.

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noun

1
The theory that the self is all that exists or that can be proven to exist.
2
Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views or needs of others; self-centeredness; egoism.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Solipsism"

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Word	Definition
monopsychismnoun	(historical philosophy) The doctrine that human beings share the same intellect.
being-in-itselfnoun	(philosophy, existentialism, phenomenology) The self-contained and fully realized being or existence of objects.
introspectionismnoun	The belief that introspection is the best way to study the phenomenon of consciousness or the soul.
ipseitynoun	(philosophy) selfhood; individual identity
self-recognitionnoun	(philosophy) The experience of one's own life, personality, etc.; recognition of oneself as a full-bodied individual.
oversoulnoun	(philosophy, especially in transcendentalism) A supreme reality or mind; the spiritual unity of all being.
egotheismnoun	The deification of one's own self.
selfismnoun	The practice of focusing concern and effort on the needs of the self.
pancosmismnoun	(philosophy) The belief that nothing exists except the physical and temporal universe. [from 19th c.]
micropsychismnoun	(philosophy) The belief that the physical world is independent of the mind, and that some ultimates have experiential properties that are fundamentally necessary in the explanation of consciousness.
oikeiosisnoun	(philosophy, ethics) The perception of something as being one's own, or belonging to oneself.
omnisentiencenoun	(religion, philosophy) The presence of sensory awareness in all things, or the doctrine that sensory awareness is universal.
identismnoun	(philosophy) The doctrine that states of the mind and states of the brain are identical.
aspectismnoun	(philosophy) The belief that apparently distinct features of a person (such as body vs. soul) are actually just different aspects, or ways of looking at, of a unified entity.
subjectivismnoun	(epistemology) The doctrine that knowledge is based in feelings or intuition.
mindismnoun	(philosophy) The philosophical stance that people are basically minds.
polypsychismnoun	(philosophy, psychology) The belief that a person may have multiple souls; the theory that one's mind can contain multiple psychic elements.
panpsychismnoun	(philosophy, metaphysics, uncountable) The doctrine that all matter has a mental aspect.
absolute egonoun	(philosophy) The Fichtean ego that posits its own existence and through the opposition of subject and object thus created dialectically evolves the universe.
psychismnoun	(philosophy) The old doctrine that there is a fluid (continuity) universally diffusing, and equally animating all living beings, the difference in their actions being due to the difference of the individual organizations.