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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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
Tyler, the Creator was able to kick down doors with his charisma and drive, as well as the intensity of his vision, which includes room for an outlandishly gifted solipsist like Earl Sweatshirt.
From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2013
Dunham’s Hannah Horvath is not the type to ask many questions about the nature of art: She is a solipsist uninterested in real questions about solipsism.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2012
In fact, it is just the view that the immediate object of apprehension consists in a determination of the mind which forms the basis of the solipsist position.
From Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Harold Arthur Prichard
