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
Billy and Peter systematically built a game-winning team off of statistics and budget, rather than investing the entire franchise's finances into players who were flashy, self-centered, or individually successful.
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—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
Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-centered
selfish
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Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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While the Great Lakes tunnel has been pitched as a safer option than leaving Line 5 alone without secondary containment, Gravelle said that's a narrow and selfish view.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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“Self-centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-centered. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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