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noun
Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: egocentricity, self-centeredness, self-obsession, egoism, egomism, hoggery, interestedness, me-firstism, philauty, porkishness, selfhood, selfishness, self-absorption, self-interestedness, self-servingness, solipsism, suicism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: preoccupation
Narrower terms: omphaloskepsis, navel-gazing
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-Indo-European *h2ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h2epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebh- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobhéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English self-absorption From self- + absorption.
