solipsism
noun
the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist.
solipsist
-
a word derived from
solipsism.
Example Sentences
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I have been the young solipsist, the cocky college kid, the judgy midlife Karen.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
He was a solipsist of the first waters whose paternalistic populism represented just as radical of a break with the American system as that of Woodrow Wilson.
From Fox News ● Jul. 8, 2019
Orme is a loquacious self-explainer, which is another way of saying that he is a helpless solipsist.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015
Which is to say, Michel is a hopeless solipsist.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 19, 2012
The solipsist may try to persuade us that the evidence for such minds is untrustworthy.
From An Introduction to Philosophy by George Stuart Fullerton
