as in selfness
excessive interest in oneself
her exquisite egocentrism informs her conception of reality: she thinks the world revolves around her
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Recent Examples of egocentrism
Such assumptions are based more on psychological phenomena like egocentrism.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine that a person starts and ends all their consideration with what’s best for them — that’s egocentrism.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Other simulations have relied on personality trait theory, which holds that people have varying levels of psychoticism (aggression and egocentrism), extraversion (associated with more daring behaviors) and neuroticism (linked to anxiety and shyness).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
The common traits here are a lack of empathy and egocentrism.
—Ana Reed, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
There's a certain human egocentrism that undervalues how big the system is.
—Francis Wilkinson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2011
But as the Allied drive slowed through late 1944, the egocentric Californian raged at Montgomery’s own egocentrism and Eisenhower’s willingness to indulge the British.
—Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
Rather than counteract that cavalier egocentrism by developing Gede and Lily in any detail, the movie replicates and reinforces it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2022
Call yourself by name to untangle from your Critic’s egocentrism.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 July 2022
Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
Imagine that a person starts and ends all their consideration with what’s best for them — that’s egocentrism.
—David Marchese, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
Other simulations have relied on personality trait theory, which holds that people have varying levels of psychoticism (aggression and egocentrism), extraversion (associated with more daring behaviors) and neuroticism (linked to anxiety and shyness).
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2022
The common traits here are a lack of empathy and egocentrism.
—Ana Reed, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
There's a certain human egocentrism that undervalues how big the system is.
—Francis Wilkinson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2011
But as the Allied drive slowed through late 1944, the egocentric Californian raged at Montgomery’s own egocentrism and Eisenhower’s willingness to indulge the British.
—Jonathan W. Jordan, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022
Rather than counteract that cavalier egocentrism by developing Gede and Lily in any detail, the movie replicates and reinforces it.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2022
Call yourself by name to untangle from your Critic’s egocentrism.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egocentrism
Noun
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Years after graduation, the harsh reality of the New York art scene sets in, and Willow’s selfishness becomes more and more apparent.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
24 June 2025
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Are his words out of greed and selfishness or to better lives?—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
16 June 2025
Noun
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The main bedroom included a four-poster mahogany bed, a fireplace, a love seat, and a small table, while the bathroom offered dual vanities, ample closet space, and a deep soaking tub.—
Carole Dixon,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2025
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Fire vanity projects and double down on core values.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
Noun
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The recent taco taunting has been a blow to his fragile ego that couldn’t go unanswered.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
23 June 2025
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When egos are set aside, silos are broken, and people move as one — kids are found, hope is restored, and the system starts to change.—
Chloe Mayer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Noun
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He was always meant to be a cautionary tale and to show the dangers of narcissism.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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That narcissism, combined with a lack of understanding regarding the risks of the Titan, resulted in an unbending belief in his own creation.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
11 June 2025
Noun
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In advance of the ceremony, the finalists were asked an essential question: Orwell claimed that prose writers have four ‘great motivations’ (putting aside the need to earn a living): sheer egoism; aesthetic enthusiasm; historical impulse; and political purpose.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Trump’s slogans—America First and Make America Great Again—embody the essence of populism, namely using ideology to advance a political program that is morally unconstrained and driven by collective egoism.—
BÁLINT MADLOVICS,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After his death the day after Easter at age 88, Francis was hailed for pushing Catholics and others to forsake egotism and materialism in favor of a kinder, more tolerant world focused above all on the marginalized.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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On October 15, 1924, André Breton published a manifesto that was as notable for its belligerence as its egotism.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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