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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Fiona Shaw is so perfectly contemptible throughout those scenes on the sailboat, rendering Angelica so completely self-absorbed and so cruel, that her likely death feels like an immediate relief.
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Zoey Johnson Zoey, the fashion-forward and occasionally self-absorbed eldest Johnson child.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
But the message is dark, self-absorbed and lacks empathy.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Harris notes the assumptions of all childfree people being self-absorbed, hating children, and not contributing to society ignore the truth.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2024
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Caroline Framke, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
Zoey Johnson Zoey, the fashion-forward and occasionally self-absorbed eldest Johnson child.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024
But the message is dark, self-absorbed and lacks empathy.
—Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024
Harris notes the assumptions of all childfree people being self-absorbed, hating children, and not contributing to society ignore the truth.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2024
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“Self-absorbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-absorbed. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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