selfdom
AmericanEtymology
Origin of selfdom
First recorded in 1845–50; self- ( def. ) + -dom ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Their right to selfdom is denied, and the distance between us – what the art critic John Berger called “the narrow abyss of miscomprehension” – increases.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2018
His reflex in a crisis moment wasn’t to help but to continue his march along the road to selfdom.
From Washington Post • May 3, 2016
The noble monuments of feudal times create no desire to return to the days of selfdom.
From Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian by Various
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