solipsist

noun

solip·​sist -sə̇st 

plural -s

: an adherent or advocate of solipsism

the artist's egoism is outrageous … he is by nature a solipsist and the world exists only for him to exercise upon it his powers of creation

—W. S. Maugham

Word History

Etymology

solipsism + -ist

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