solipsist, n. and a.
(ˈsɒlɪpsɪst)
[f. as prec.]
A. n. One who accepts the theory of solipsism.
| 1891 Cent. Dict., Solipsist,..one who believes in his own existence only. 1898 Q. Rev. Jan. 65 A philosophy..in which, if consistent, we become subjective idealists and solipsists. |
B. adj. Favouring or characterized by solipsism; also in weakened sense.
| 1903 A. E. Taylor Elements of Metaphysics iii. ii. 202 Why..did Berkeley..accept neither the solipsist nor the sceptical conclusion? 1927 V. McNabb Cath. Ch. & Philos. iii. 101 His [sc. Kant's] own words are ingenuously solipsist! 1972 Last Whole Earth Catalog 16/2 Solipsist tyrants, believing that their will, like their eyeballs, could move mountains, have come to believe that it should trample over these small annoying figures in their visual field. |