egoism

n. 1 self-interest as the moral basis of behaviour. 2 systematic selfishness. 3 = *egotism.  egoist n. Egoistic adj. Egoistical adj. Egoistically adv.

n. The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.