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SOLIPSISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does solipsism mean?
• SOLIPSISM (noun)
The noun SOLIPSISM has 1 sense:
1. (philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
Familiarity information: SOLIPSISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("solipsism" is a kind of...):
philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)
Domain category:
philosophy (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)
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