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self-cen·tered
(sĕlf′sĕn′tərd)adj.
Engrossed in oneself and one's own affairs; selfish.
self′-cen′tered·ly adv.
self′-cen′tered·ness n.
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self′-cen′tered
adj.
1. engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
2. centered in oneself or itself.
Also, esp. Brit.,self′-cen′tred.[1670–80]
self′-cen′tered•ly, adv.
self′-cen′tered•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | self-centered - limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman |
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self-centered
adjectiveConcerned only with oneself:
egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-involved, selfish, self-seeking, self-serving.
Idiom: wrapped up in oneself.
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self-centered
→ أَنَانِيّ egocentrický selvcentreret egozentrisch εγωκεντρικός egocéntrico itsekeskeinen égocentrique egocentričan egocentrico 自己本位の 이기적인 egocentrisch selvsentrert egocentryczny egocêntrico эгоистичный självupptagen เอาตัวเองเป็นหลัก bencil tự coi mình là trung tâm 以我为中心的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
self-centered
adj egocéntricoEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.