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solipsism (n.)

1871, coined from Latin solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)) + ipse "self." The view or theory that self is the only object of real knowledge or the only thing that is real. "The identification of one's self with the Absolute is not generally intended, but the denial of there being really anybody else" [Century Dictionary].

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Definitions of solipsism from WordNet

solipsism (n.)
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist;
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