Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

solipsism

 

the theory that only the self is real or that only the self is a valid object of knowledge

 

One cannot refute solipsism as a theory, but it makes practical sense to reject it.

 

Related English word: solipsist (a believer in solipsism), solipsistic (of or relating to solipsism)

 

Latin root words: solus, sola, solum - only, alone; ipse, ipsa, ipsum - self

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