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egoism

Philosophy of self-regarding motivations or behavior
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Summary

egoism is a moral quality[1]. egoism draws 4,185 Wikipedia views per month (moral quality category, ranking #3 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: ethical theory[3]
  • Commons category: Selfishness[4]
  • Opposite of: altruism[5]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[6], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12]
  • Different from: egoism[13], egotism[14]

Why It Matters

egoism has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] egoism is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 19w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33786|batch #33786]]: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P14483 is present."
  2. 20w ago · XeNivalys · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → e/egoismo
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: e/egoismo, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1779859433286"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → moral quality
    Opposite of → altruism
    Quora topic id → Selfishness
    Different from → egoism, egotism
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 2894, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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