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solipsism
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Definition:The belief that nothing exists outside your own mindGeorge Orwell. 1984 (1949)---1. the theory that the self is all that can be proven to exist2. self-absorption; unawareness of others' needs
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The belief that nothing exists outside your own mind—surely there must be some way of demonstrating that it was false? [...]
‘I told you, Winston,’ he said, ‘that metaphysics is not your strong point. The word you are trying to think of is solipsism. But you are mistaken. This is not solipsism. Collective solipsism, if you like. But that is a different thing; in fact, the opposite thing. All this is a digression,’ he added in a different tone.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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our interest in the plurality of inhabited worlds, competitive tennis, infinity, solipsism and so on.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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Lolita had been safely solipsized.
Vladimir Nabokov. Lolita
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