Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Egotistic, egotistical: Characterized by an excessive and self-centered focus on oneself, often with an inflated sense of one's own importance. This is the most common modern usage.
   • Solipsistic: In a philosophical context, relating to the theory that only the self exists or can be known to exist.

2. Noun (in compound form):

   • The core concept of self-centeredness or self-existence, typically found in compound terms.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta có thái độ rất duy ngã, luôn cho mình là trung tâm. (He has a very egotistical attitude, always considering himself the center.)
  • Quan điểm duy ngã trong triết học là một chủ đề phức tạp. (The solipsistic viewpoint in philosophy is a complex topic.)

Advanced Usage

• "Thuyết duy ngã": This is the standard compound term.
  • As Egotism: The ethical or psychological doctrine that places the self and one's own interests at the center.

    • Thuyết duy ngã khiến con người trở nên ích kỷ. (Egotism makes people selfish.)
  • As Solipsism: The philosophical theory that the self is the only thing that can be known to exist or is the only reality.

    • Thuyết duy ngã trong triết học hoài nghi mọi thứ ngoài bản ngã. (Solipsism in philosophy doubts everything outside the self.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chủ nghĩa duy ngã: Another term for "thuyết duy ngã," meaning egotism or solipsism.
• Tính duy ngã: The quality of being egotistical.

Synonyms

• Egotistical: Self-centered, conceited.
• Self-absorbed: Preoccupied with one's own feelings, interests, or situation.
• Solipsistic: Philosophical concept of self-only existence.

Related Concepts

• Duy tâm: Idealism (philosophical theory emphasizing mind or spirit).
• Duy vật: Materialism (philosophical theory emphasizing physical matter).
• Vị kỷ: Selfish, egoistic (more common for everyday selfishness, less philosophical than "duy ngã").

1. Egotistic, egotistical
   • Thuyết duy ngã
     Egotism