as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
regards today's young people as solipsistic slackers who have no knowledge of or interest in the world at large
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Recent Examples of solipsistic
The old tourist is essentially the boorish figure from the headlines—solipsistic, oriented toward the self, someone who superimposes their fantasies onto a place and then is outraged when their expectations aren’t met.
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
Jude’s cynical social perceptions and teasing sympathy toward strivers like Angela and her common-man subjects surpass the efforts of all his clueless filmmaking contemporaries, such as Wes Anderson, who packs whimsy into his Roald Dahl anthology only to create solipsistic distraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
This assessment dovetails with a common criticism of autobiographical fiction, which holds that such work is inherently solipsistic.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
Then again, there's something increasingly solipsistic about the show leaning on former cast members to host.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2023
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Chelsea Leu, The Atlantic, 30 June 2024
Jude’s cynical social perceptions and teasing sympathy toward strivers like Angela and her common-man subjects surpass the efforts of all his clueless filmmaking contemporaries, such as Wes Anderson, who packs whimsy into his Roald Dahl anthology only to create solipsistic distraction.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 Mar. 2024
This assessment dovetails with a common criticism of autobiographical fiction, which holds that such work is inherently solipsistic.
—Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 29 Feb. 2024
Then again, there's something increasingly solipsistic about the show leaning on former cast members to host.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solipsistic
Adjective
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In the late 1800s, two child psychologists coined the term only child syndrome to describe the negative traits that their research showed only children often possess, including being spoiled, selfish, maladjusted, and anti-social.—
Liz Hammond,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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What if the very structure of our success makes having children feel like a selfish, impossible luxury?—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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The men were very egotistical in this film and no one really showed up.—
Jeff Conway,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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In the upcoming film, Oscar Isaac stars as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature (Jacob Elordi) to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 May 2025
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“Solipsistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solipsistic. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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