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Definition of Self-centeredness

1. Noun. Concern for your own interests and welfare.

Definition of Self-centeredness

1. Noun. concern only for oneself ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Self-centeredness

Literary usage of Self-centeredness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"All this is due to the fact that evolution had not as yet coaxed man from his shell of self-centeredness. On the whole, man lives in a little universe of ..."

2. The Rich Single Life: Abundance, Opportunity & Purpose in God by Andrew Farmer (1998)
"Loneliness can be made worse by self-centeredness— the drive to arrange people and situations in ... self-centeredness always bears the fruit of loneliness. ..."

3. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1993)
"There was also a parallel between the increasing importance of money and what one might call a "self-centeredness" variable, that is, the tendency to value ..."

4. The Hyphen by Margaret Blake, E.P. Dutton (Firm), Lida Clara Schem (1920)
"self-centeredness makes men blind. And blindness leads to mishaps. It brought Guido a mishap of the most unpalatable character. ..."

5. Case-study Possibilities: A Forecast by Ada Eliot Sheffield (1922)
"R^any acts on the part of Eleanor and of Fannie went to make up what was called self- centeredness or obedience and truthfulness; many factors of structure, ..."

6. Penalty Actions Taken by the Department of Transportation for Violations of by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"There was also a parallel between the increasing importance of money and what one might call a "self-centeredness" variable, that is, the tendency to value ..."

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