self-regarding
adjective
self-re·gard·ing
ˌself-ri-ˈgär-diŋ 
: concerned with oneself or one's own interests
Examples of self-regarding in a Sentence
many residents of that community seem to be into psychoanalysis, a luxury that few but the self-regarding wealthy can afford
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The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Self-regarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-regarding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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