егоїзм
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Ukrainian
Etymology
Borrowed from French égoïsme. Compare Russian эгои́зм (egoízm), Belarusian эгаі́зм (ehaízm).
Pronunciation
Noun
егої́зм • (ehojízm) m inan (genitive егої́зму, uncountable)
- selfishness, egoism
- Synonyms: егоцентри́зм m (ehocentrýzm), самолю́бство n (samoljúbstvo)
- Antonym: альтруї́зм m (alʹtrujízm)
Declension
Declension of егої́зм (inan sg-only hard masc-form accent-a)
Related terms
- егої́ст m (ehojíst)
- егоїсти́чний (ehojistýčnyj)
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “егоїзм”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
- “егоїзм”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “егоїзм”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “егоїзм”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)