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solipsism
noun
The philosophical position that only one's own mind is certain to exist; figuratively, extreme self-absorption.
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The philosophical position that only one's own mind is certain to exist; figuratively, extreme self-absorption
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The seminar examined solipsism as a problem about knowledge of other minds.
The essay used solipsism figuratively to criticize the narrator's complete self-absorption.
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