solipsism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Self-absorption, an unawareness of the views, needs or desires of others; self-centeredness; egoism.

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

2. 2
   noun

   (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist

3. 3
   noun

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

Etymology

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