as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a self-absorbed man who seems utterly oblivious to the social problems of his own urban neighborhood
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This new gaggle of mostly privileged Americans remain as flawed and self-absorbed as ever, too.
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Ambitious and egregiously self-absorbed — Mona and Milton have those traits in common — Mona always tolerated his aggressive handsiness, his middle-of-the-night phone calls, his chronic inappropriateness.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
At this moment the endless analysis and scolding being put forward about what college students were too self-absorbed to grasp about the 2024 election is not helpful.
—Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Teens and young adults have been self-absorbed with appearance since at least the Boomer generation began coming of age in the rock-and-roll ’50s.
—Greg Petro, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
Ambitious and egregiously self-absorbed — Mona and Milton have those traits in common — Mona always tolerated his aggressive handsiness, his middle-of-the-night phone calls, his chronic inappropriateness.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
At this moment the endless analysis and scolding being put forward about what college students were too self-absorbed to grasp about the 2024 election is not helpful.
—Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025
Teens and young adults have been self-absorbed with appearance since at least the Boomer generation began coming of age in the rock-and-roll ’50s.
—Greg Petro, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Self-absorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-absorbed. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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