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self-ab·sorbed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. self-absorbed, self-involvedadjective

    absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc

Wiktionary

  1. self-absorbedadjective

    Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

    I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.

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  1. self-absorbed

    Self-absorbed refers to a person who is excessively preoccupied with their own interests, thoughts, and feelings. This individual is often seen as selfish or egocentric, showing little consideration for others.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-absorbed in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of self-absorbed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of self-absorbed in a Sentence

  1. Melissa Robbins:

    We are surrounded by people who are so selfish and so self-absorbed, not voting for Hillary is a sure win for Donald Trump.

  2. Alice Wu:

    I take a character who in a million years would never think she'd be the main character in a movie... but here I make her front and center. I think that's her emotional journey, as she goes from being like an afterthought in the school to being the main character -- like, really owning it in her life, i think that's probably true for a lot of us... we might think about ourselves a lot and we're self-absorbed, but we don't always see ourselves as the main characters in our life.

  3. Leo Rosten:

    Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed.

  4. Stuart Hall:

    We understand that what happened had its roots in an organization that was too hierarchical and too self-absorbed to be able to act properly on the disturbing stories individuals had heard.

  5. Bonham Carter:

    She's a fun person to play ... Even the big head is great ... And it's liberating to play somebody who is so direct and so fantastically self-absorbed and narcissistic, the downside is the shouting and ... how long it takes to get ready, and two bald caps.


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