Ari Melber

Only a few bloggers have the audience and credibility to effectively break stories, pressure the traditional media, incubate new ideas, or raise real money. These influential bloggers are usually sharp, opinionated, and focused on the world 'offline.' They refuse to view events through the solipsistic blinders of their own websites.

American Journalist

Ben Affleck

In our culture, we get very much into shorthanding people. And I got shorthanded as That Guy: Jennifer Lopez, movies bombed, therefore he must be a sort of thoughtless dilettante, solipsistic consumer blahblahblah. It's hard to shake those sort of narratives.

American Actor

Tad Williams

Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers.

American Writer

Toby Stephens

Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone.

English Actor

Chuck Klosterman

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself.

American Critic

Marielle Heller

I hate the narrative that people have to be tortured in order to be good artists. I think it's a solipsistic view that people use in order to be selfish.

Christopher Hitchens

Cancer victimhood contains a permanent temptation to be self-centred and even solipsistic.

American Author

Molly Ringwald

And to be honest, most actors are incredibly solipsistic.

American Actress

Use 'solipsistic' to describe someone overly focused on themselves, ignoring others' needs or existence.

Self-Focus Usage

'Solipsistic' often implies a negative opinion about someone's self-centered attitude.

Negative Connotation

Often used metaphorically to criticize narrow perspectives, not to be taken literally.

Non-Literal Use

Apply 'solipsistic' in discussions on philosophy, when questioning what can be known for certain.

Philosophical Context

'Solipsistic' can highlight the subjective nature of someone's views or arguments.

Subjectivity Emphasis

 I'm going to make to it. So this is an engaging enterprise for me, and I've really leaned into that first person pronoun thing there, and now my face appears twice, so I think we can agree that this is a fundamentally solipsistic enterprise. But it's an engaging one, and it's interesting to me