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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-548/
- Published: 2021-07-30T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-06-10T18:42:40.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

The word for today is…

solipsism (noun)-

: a theory holding that the self can know nothing but its own modifications and that the self is the only existent thing  
: extreme egocentrism

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solipsism?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Fans of René Descartes credit the French philosopher with introducing solipsism as a major problem of modern philosophy, but the word solipsism most likely sprang from a French satire written by Giulio Clemente Scotti in 1652 called La Monarchie des Solipses. The term wasn’t used in English until the late 19th century, when solipsism, a composite of the Latin solus (“alone”) and ipse (“self”), was applied purely in the philosophical sense. Recently the word has taken on another, more general sense, suggesting an ego-driven selfishness or self-indulgence.

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