as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community
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Recent Examples of self-centered
This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Ava Daniels is a young comedy writer who is unable to find work due to an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and arrogant.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Real celebrities guest-starred in often awkward encounters with the always vain and self-centered Miss Piggy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But those comments should have cast a much stronger warning against this very bad and self-centered idea.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Subtly reinforcing contributions through results and collaboration ensures recognition without sounding self-centered. - Sariki Abungwo, Blesatech Consultancy Services
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—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Ava Daniels is a young comedy writer who is unable to find work due to an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and arrogant.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Real celebrities guest-starred in often awkward encounters with the always vain and self-centered Miss Piggy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But those comments should have cast a much stronger warning against this very bad and self-centered idea.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Subtly reinforcing contributions through results and collaboration ensures recognition without sounding self-centered. - Sariki Abungwo, Blesatech Consultancy Services
10.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-centered
selfish
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In the late 1800s, two child psychologists coined the term only child syndrome to describe the negative traits that their research showed only children often possess, including being spoiled, selfish, maladjusted, and anti-social.—
Liz Hammond,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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What if the very structure of our success makes having children feel like a selfish, impossible luxury?—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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“Self-centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-centered. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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