egoism
noun [uncountable] (disapproving)the fact of thinking that you are better or more important than anyone else 利己主义;自高自大;自负;自我主义 His egoism prevented him from really loving anyone but himself. 他自高自大,这使他除了他自己,不可能真正地去爱一个人。
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French égoïsme and modern Latin egoismus, from Latin ego ‘I’.