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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

occupied, fixated, or centered on oneself or one's own interests, needs, or desires;

e.g. I was too self-centered to realize that other people were struggling too.

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Similar Words

Condescending

Egocentric

Egotistical

High-toned

Hoity-toity

Inner-directed

Materialistic

Narcissistic

Self-absorbed

Self-aggrandizing

Self-applauding

Self-contained

Self-directed

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Self-glorifying

Self-infatuated

Self-obsessed

Self-oriented

Self-poised

Self-preoccupied

Self-regarding

Self-seeking

Self-serving

Selfish

Solipsistic

Than

Unselfconscious

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Opposite Words

Altruistic

Beneficent

Benevolent

Charitable

Demure

Diffident

Down-to-earth

Eleemosynary

Generous

Good

Greathearted

Humanitarian

Humble

Lowly

Magnanimous

Meek

Modest

Other-directed

Philanthropic

Self-denying

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Self-forgetful

Self-giving

Self-questioning

Self-reflective

Self-sacrificing

Social-minded

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unpretentious

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Related Words

Acquisitive

Affected

Arrogant

Assumptive

Assured

Avaricious

Avid

Biggety

Bold

Bumptious

Cavalier

Chesty

Complacent

Conceited

Confident

Consequential

Covetous

Disdainful

Egotistical

Familiar

Forward

Free

Grabby

Grandiose

Grasping

Greedy

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Important

Inner-directed

La-di-da

Lofty

Lordly

Masterful

Mercenary

Ostentatious

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Rapacious

Secure

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-directed

Self-glorifying

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Toplofty

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

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