(n.) Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness.
Example Sentences:
(1) In Study 3, three forms of experimenter-guided mastery imagery reduced AIDS social anxiety and increased AIDS altruism.
(2) These included: (1) medical problems; (2) continuity of care; (3) impression of parents; (4) impression of the infant; (5) altruism; (6) nurses' self-esteem; and (7) impression of other staff.
(3) In the former case it is shown that even when Hamilton's conditions for the success of genetically determined altruism are met, genes that increase the transmission of altruism may not invade the population.
(4) "There is no such thing as altruism in consumption.
(5) On intuitive grounds, many have felt that Hamilton's Rule, br greater than c, should describe the evolution of reciprocal altruism and "green beard" genes.
(6) Chronically insecure people easily lose their altruism, tolerance and respect for non-conformity.
(7) These days, he gives slightly bitter talks , arguing that we're doing altruism all wrong.
(8) Downie holds that there is nothing to distinguish the doctor or lawyer from other occupations in terms of the criteria of self-interest and altruism.
(9) Biological and psychological research into the antecedents of altruism has considerable significance for those involved in the teaching or practice of medicine.
(10) Happiness-ecstacy and global altruism were exclusively recorded in cycloid psychosis.
(11) An upper bound is imposed on altruism by the condition that there must remain a net fitness advantage for docile behavior after the cost to the individual of altruism has been deducted.
(12) After this evidence has been collected, moral issues of altruism and beneficence can be balanced against the possible detriment to both patient and health care provider, with the highest priority given to the patient's concerns.
(13) Historically, nurses were expected to act out of on obligation to care, taking on Caring more as an identity than as work, and expressing altruism without, thought of autonomy either at the bedside of in their profession.
(14) This eclipse is to be regretted not just because widescale altruism has the capacity to provide important social goods and correct injustices in distribution, but for intrinsic reasons as well.
(15) The factors which may facilitate or inhibit altruism in medical students and doctors are discussed.
(16) Two systems of altruism are considered: parent-to-offspring and sib-to-sib.
(17) Nonmathematical (but mathematically acceptable) models are now proposed for evolution of negative altruism in dual-determinant and of positive altruism in tri-determinant systems.
(18) The institute, in fact, turned against the wars on the grounds attempted nation-building and democracy-spreading were "misguided altruism" which did not advance US interests.
(19) The changes in the duty to protect have mitigated this dilemma, by moving the duty in a direction consistent with the evolutionary theory of altruism.
(20) This occurs because of nonrandom associations that develop between genes that cause altruism and those that affect female mating behavior.
Solipsism
Definition:
(n.) Egotism.
(n.) Egoism.
Example Sentences:
(1) Psychiatry unlike philosophy (with its problem of solipsism) recognizes the existence of other minds from the nonverbal communication between doctor and patient.
(2) "I think I was just… some people would call it under the protection of a guardian angel; other people would call it a child's solipsism.
(3) But don't worry, readers, he hasn't mistaken this MBM report for popular online solipsism enhancer Twitter.
(4) At a time when our discussion of Iraq, as of everything else, threatens to collapse into solipsism, we need to remember our obligations to a country that we have helped to ruin.
(5) Only Dunst's Justine exists, shrouded in solipsism and selfishness, the sort of bubble that allows you to think you make your own rules (such as decreeing a Dogma declaration) and say dumb things and that all your acolytes will still think you're wonderful.
(6) Finally, the evidence that the nature of the sensory world varies from species to species forces us to re-examine the theory of solipsism in biological terms.
(7) Why did I hear myself even criticising its monolithic solipsism?
(8) Two intimate scenes, among many, illustrate her solipsism.
(9) As the scope of his work has tightened – from the sprawling ensembles of Boogie Nights and Magnolia through the intimate duologue of Punch-Drunk Love to the all-consuming solipsism of There Will Be Blood – so his dedication to his craft has intensified, with his disdain for PR and celebrity marking him out as the most devout film-maker of his generation (as well as the owner of one of Wikipedia's most glitz-free "personal life" sections).