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Egopathy
Egopathy (noun):
The condition or mindset characterized by an excessive, self-centered belief in one’s ability to understand and interpret the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of others. An egopath’s egopathy is marked by a persistent distortion of others’ intentions through the lens of their own biases, insecurities, or desires, often leading to misjudgments and misunderstandings. This condition reflects a lack of genuine empathy, replacing it with self-serving projections.
The condition or mindset characterized by an excessive, self-centered belief in one’s ability to understand and interpret the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of others. An egopath’s egopathy is marked by a persistent distortion of others’ intentions through the lens of their own biases, insecurities, or desires, often leading to misjudgments and misunderstandings. This condition reflects a lack of genuine empathy, replacing it with self-serving projections.
The influencer’s egopathy led her to mistake projection for perception, confidently explaining motives she had no way of knowing.
Egopathy by Logomancer78 July 7, 2026
egopath
A self-focused person who tends to commit one of four egopathic behaviors: 1. moving aggressively against someone, physically or verbally; 2. moving away from someone without a conscience about how hurtful that is; 3. talking maliciously behind a person's back in order to arrange or hasten the victim's pain or demise; 4. presents information with is false, altered or incomplete in order to achieve a narcissistic goal and has no remorse about doing so.
egopath by Cedric S Wood March 22, 2017
egopath
A person whose unresolved developmental issues from his/her childhood trigger them to become hyperjudgmental and, without a conscience, move against others in a hostile manner, causing them pain.
Man, Bob is such an egopath. He started yelling at that guy right in front of his girlfriend and he didn't even care. Now he refuses to apologize.
Egopath
Someone who thinks about himself first, has a thin skin, and will promise retribution if slighted or crossed. Finds it difficult to care about anyone's feelings, their problems, and their point of view. After he refused to see it from my point of view and just kept defending his version of the details of the conflict with no insight or compassion for how much it hurt me, I realized he must be an egopath.
After he refused to see it from my point of view and just kept defending his version of the details of the conflict with no insight or compassion for how much it hurt me, I realized he must be an egopath.
Egopath by Cedric S Wood October 26, 2016
Egopath
Egopathy is more socially acceptable than psychopathy, as self-interest is encouraged and praised in countries where liberal capitalism is the central economic system...but it is certainly not limited only to these types of systems.
It is a general condition of human beings.
On the "pure-self-interest --group-solidarity/altruism" scale Egopaths skew strongly to egocentrism and self-interest;
I didn't think that the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorders quite fits the bill and this apparently widespread phenomenon needed a new category: definitely under the DSM Cluster B Group (Anitsocial-Borderline-Histrionic-Narcissistic), but with a more social-/group-mentality component to it.
The term "egopath" popped into my head one morning, but discovered it already had a definition.
There is in my definition the whole aspect of wanting to control and defend, however one has defined it, one's "integrity" -- bodily, cognitive, spiritual, destiny related -- against forces encroaching on, pushing for this integrity's demise, disintegration.
We are all on this continuum, but egopaths tend to be more cowardly, fearful, self-interested and self-preserving.
N.B. Egopathy seems to be a) widespread and b) quite socially acceptable in many countries.
For example, in German-speaking Switzerland, they say, "Geiz ist Geil!".
Translated: "Greediness is Great/Cool!"
It is a general condition of human beings.
On the "pure-self-interest --group-solidarity/altruism" scale Egopaths skew strongly to egocentrism and self-interest;
I didn't think that the DSM definition of Narcissistic Personality Disorders quite fits the bill and this apparently widespread phenomenon needed a new category: definitely under the DSM Cluster B Group (Anitsocial-Borderline-Histrionic-Narcissistic), but with a more social-/group-mentality component to it.
The term "egopath" popped into my head one morning, but discovered it already had a definition.
There is in my definition the whole aspect of wanting to control and defend, however one has defined it, one's "integrity" -- bodily, cognitive, spiritual, destiny related -- against forces encroaching on, pushing for this integrity's demise, disintegration.
We are all on this continuum, but egopaths tend to be more cowardly, fearful, self-interested and self-preserving.
N.B. Egopathy seems to be a) widespread and b) quite socially acceptable in many countries.
For example, in German-speaking Switzerland, they say, "Geiz ist Geil!".
Translated: "Greediness is Great/Cool!"
1) During the Covid pandemic, my best-friend turned out to be a total egopath, not wanting to even visit us despite our double-vaccination and social-distancing, for fear of her getting it herself or somehow losing her sense of smell.
2) They were such egopaths during the pandemic that they flew to a vacation in Croatia by plane, but then drove back in a mini-bus accross the Italian border to avoid the stringencies of the controls at their home airport.
2) They were such egopaths during the pandemic that they flew to a vacation in Croatia by plane, but then drove back in a mini-bus accross the Italian border to avoid the stringencies of the controls at their home airport.
Egopath by Pen-Dragon December 15, 2021
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dead drop
A dead drop is a location used to secretly pass items between two people, without requiring them to meet.
Spies have been known to use dead drops, using various techniques to hide the items and to signal that the drop has been made. Drug dealers use this as well.
A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
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A common place is to duct tape the item to the underside of a toilet cover in a public restroom.
A signal is sometimes used as well to indicate there is something to pickup, like a pile of stones in a certain formation. After checking the drop the signal is removed.
"The dead drop is the restroom toilet at the Gulf station at the corner of Commercial Ave. and Georges Rd."
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No Surprises Wedding
A "No Surprises Wedding," or NSW, is a wedding invitation designation that tells attendees that there can be no unplanned announcements, engagements, events or speeches at the wedding - all actions must be pre-approved by the couple. Anyone who performs an unapproved "surprise" will be asked to leave the wedding early.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
This designation comes from Reddit, where so many stories of bad wedding behavior indicated a need to communicate expectations for the wedding behavior of attendees.
You are cordially invited to the nuptials of Brian and Tom on October 31 at noon.
Please note that this wedding is child-free (under 10) and a No Surprises Wedding (NSW). Reach out to wedding planner Sami Smith to request approvals or exceptions; please note that exceptions will be rare. Limited child care for under-10s will be available. All approvals will be noted and included in planning. Unapproved, or surprise exceptions, will result in guests being asked to leave.
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