as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community
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Recent Examples of self-centered
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
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Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Ava Daniels is a young comedy writer who is unable to find work due to an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and arrogant.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Real celebrities guest-starred in often awkward encounters with the always vain and self-centered Miss Piggy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But those comments should have cast a much stronger warning against this very bad and self-centered idea.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Subtly reinforcing contributions through results and collaboration ensures recognition without sounding self-centered. - Sariki Abungwo, Blesatech Consultancy Services
10.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Ava Daniels is a young comedy writer who is unable to find work due to an insensitive tweet and her reputation for being self-centered and arrogant.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Real celebrities guest-starred in often awkward encounters with the always vain and self-centered Miss Piggy.
—James Mercadante, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But those comments should have cast a much stronger warning against this very bad and self-centered idea.
—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Subtly reinforcing contributions through results and collaboration ensures recognition without sounding self-centered. - Sariki Abungwo, Blesatech Consultancy Services
10.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2025
Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-centered
selfish
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According to sources, some felt the decision was selfish, but others thanked her for her longstanding contributions in person and online, and felt the way in which the situation had unfolded was very unfair to her.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
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Despite mixed emotions within his friend group, Reddit users were overwhelmingly on the poster's side, with many arguing that Jenna was being selfish.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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“Self-centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-centered. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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