E"go*ism (?), n. [F.
égoïsme, fr. L. -ego I. See I, and
cf. Egotism.] 1. (Philos.) 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.
2. Excessive love and thought of self; the
habit of regarding one's self as the center of every interest;
selfishness; -- opposed to altruism.