The egoism of an artist sometimes seem natural. 艺术家的自负有时看起来是自然的。
He was looked down upon because of his egoism. 他因自私而受人冷落。
They seem to love the land and the people with a sort of fierce egoism. 他们似乎是带著强烈的利己主义来爱这里的人和土地的。
egoism
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(ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality
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concern for your own interests and welfare
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Egoism \E"go*ism\, n. [F. ['e]go["i]sme, 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}.
The pope said drug abuse is a "clear symptom of a society that no longer succeeds in living true values and pushes those who use (drugs) into egoism and solitude." "In this climate, the goals to pursue become money, power, career, consumer goods.
The film, like much of Ayn Rand's work, extols rugged individualism, powerful egoism and all refusals to compromise.