SOLIPSISM

PRONUNCIATION: (SOL-ip-siz-uhm)

MEANING: noun
1. The view or theory that the self is all that exists or can be known to exist.
2. Self-absorption or self-centeredness.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin solus (alone) + ipse (self). Earliest documented use: 1836.
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SOLIPSIESM - an idea of earth-shaking importance

SOLIPRISM - breaks sunlight into its spectrum of colors

SLIPSISM - a momentary mental lapse