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本帖最后由 entropy 于 2022-7-12 12:36 编辑
在非专业领域，egoism 和 egotism 已完全混用。好的、坏的、中性意思，它全有。
egoism, egotism. 1 Both are 18c words for ‘preoccupation with oneself in various ways’. There is no etymological difference to affect their meanings, and the intrusive -t- in egotism is unexplained. When Fowler wrote about these words (1926), egotism was the more popular form, and his prediction that egoism would oust it has not been fulfilled. It is useful to maintain a distinction: egotism is the general word for excessive self-centredness, whereas egoism is a more technical word in ethics and metaphysics for theories which treat the self as the basis of morality and sense-perception. In an extended meaning, egotism also means selfseeking conceit, whereas egoism is a more straightforward preoccupation with the self and an excessive use of I. The meanings are however so close that they will not stay apart in ordinary usage, nor will those of the corresponding personal designations egoist and egotist (although strictly an egoist is someone who subscribes to a type of morality based on the importance of the self and an egotist is a self-seeker) and of the adjectival forms egoistic | egoistical and egotistic | egotistical.
来源：Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage 2nd |
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发表于 2022-7-12 10:44:13
