suicism

English

Etymology

Latin suus (“one's own”), +‎ -ism.

Noun

suicism (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) selfishness; egoism
    • 1654, Richard Whitlock, Zootomia; Or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English:
      This Peece, or Schisme of Suicisme, and Selfishnesse, hath spawned most of the Heresies and Schismes, that are abroad in the World.
  2. (obsolete) suicide

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