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self-minded

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Concerned or preoccupied with one's own selfish or self-centered needs, interests, or wants; egocentric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: egoistical, self-serving, solipsistic, egocentric, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike, selfsome, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-interested, self-minded, self-seeking

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From self- + minded.