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Recent Examples of inner-directed
One is inner-directed, determined to build self-esteem.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner-directed
Adjective
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As a chef’s kiss, Manning plays for Texas, a yearslong egocentric underachiever that plenty of college football fans love to hate.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
USA TODAY,
9 Oct. 2025
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The community organizer turned president turned socialite has never been great at hiding his egocentric ways.—
Grace Curley,
Boston Herald,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Former high-ranking employees have quit the sheriff’s office, often in public fashion, and accused him of being a vindictive and narcissistic boss.—
Ryan Oehrli,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Helm is nothing if not solipsistic, narcissistic even.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Delivering presents and spreading good cheer is not selfish Scott’s idea of a high calling, although the prospect of working only one day a year has its enticements.—
Duane Byrge,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Sometimes those selfish people create progress.—
Kevin Sintumuang,
Outside,
6 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Helm is nothing if not solipsistic, narcissistic even.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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As with the works of that solipsistic filmmaker, plot is not a major element of Situations, the title of which proves accurate.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Our hero can be remarkably obnoxious and self-centered.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Jay is a little more self-centered.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Two Weeks Notice Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock star as charming and undeniably self-absorbed millionaire George Wade and his overworked, underappreciated, multi-tasking chief counsel, Lucy Kelson.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Anyone who subscribes to that, as far as I’m concerned, was always self-absorbed and had no interest in the common good anyway.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Redford said recent signs of a resurgence in student activism are welcome change over the 1980s, when many were self-involved and primarily concerned about making money.—
Hannah Parry
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The men at the film’s center — Paul and Carey — are hysterical and self-involved.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Inner-directed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner-directed. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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