self-centred


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self-centred

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self-centered

adj
totally preoccupied with one's own concerns
ˌself-ˈcentredly adv
ˌself-ˈcentredness n
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Adj.1.self-centred - 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-centred

adjective selfish, narcissistic, self-absorbed, inward looking, self-seeking, egotistic, wrapped up in yourself The self-centred ones have little energy for anyone else.
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Translations

self-centred

self-centered (US) [ˌselfˈsentəd] ADJegocéntrico
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self-centred

self-centered (Am) [ˌsɛlfˈsɛntəd] adjegocentrico/a
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self-centred

(selfˈsentəd) adjective
interested only in one's own affairs; selfish. She's too self-centred to take any interest in my troubles.
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self-centred

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
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References in classic literature ?
"Helene," he said quietly, "I suppose that you, who knew nothing of me till you left school, have looked upon me always as a selfish, passionless creature - a weaver of plots, perhaps sometimes a dreamer of dreams, but a person wholly self-centred, always self-engrossed?"
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Panaji: Had Jawaharlal Nehru not been self-centred, India and Pakistan would have been one country, the Dalai Lama said on Wednesday, adding that while Nehru was gifted with experience, mistakes do occur.
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what the Tory party stands for - self-centred and greedy".
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