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Synonyms & Antonyms of self-absorption
excessive interest in oneself
- the novel's major characters all suffer from self-absorption, and they are every bit as insufferable as such people are in real life
Synonyms for self-absorption
Words Related to self-absorption
- complacence,
- complacency,
- conceit,
- conceitedness,
- ego,
- pomposity,
- pompousness,
- pride,
- pridefulness,
- self-admiration,
- self-conceit,
- self-esteem,
- self-importance,
- self-indulgence,
- self-love,
- self-partiality,
- self-respect,
- self-satisfaction,
- self-sufficiency,
- smugness,
- vaingloriousness,
- vainglory,
- vainness,
- vanity
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The first known use of self-absorption was in 1803
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