self-involvement

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Recent Examples of self-involvement But there’s no monopoly on self-involvement, in my experience. James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025 At the far opposite end of the adulthood spectrum is Jeff (Alex Wolff), a floppy mess of romantic misadventures and extravagant self-involvement and possibly the world’s most distracted producer. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 Too often, his method isn’t nearly as subtle or searching, and this, combined with a reflexive self-involvement, tends to rob The Message of truly resonant insight in both Senegal and Israel. Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024 The characters’ identities are just a medium for exposing their self-involvement. TIME, 2 Feb. 2024 The narcissist, instead of sprouting healthy attachments to others, remains stranded in the oceanic self-involvement of infancy. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023 But that self-involvement, for lack of a better word, doesn’t collapse into self-loathing. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023 Moreover, her self-involvement appears especially stark against the background of a city that carries such appalling historical freight. Charles Arrowsmith, Washington Post, 16 May 2023 The sumptuous low register is a shade reminiscent of Marian Anderson; the dramatic high register calls to mind the fabled Conchita Supervia; the complete self-involvement with the music brings to mind Lotte Lehmann. Emily Langer, Washington Post, 8 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-involvement
Noun
  • Some view focusing on one’s goals with determination as an act of selfishness.
    William Jones, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2025
  • To some city residents, the aggravating escapades became a symbol of selfishness in the social media era.
    Mike Baker, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The vanity table looks completely different now, as it has been restored and repainted to a mahogany color and given all-new brass finishes.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Not only is her pick from the beloved legacy brand a staple in vanities everywhere, but the shade itself has its share of avid fans.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sweeney complicates these questions by letting audiences in on certain details other characters don’t know, asking us to root for someone whose profound loneliness and insecurity feeds an unhealthy narcissism (and whose constantly shifting likability Sweeney manages by playing that person himself).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Patience is indeed a virtue, but a whiff of narcissism arises when commentators extoll it in others, like a husband praising an adoring wife.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • On a team like this, with so many weapons and so many talented players, there is no room for ego.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Films follows Bradley Mack (Sutherland), a Hollywood action star with a bloated ego, who is blindsided when his iconic action franchise is abruptly canceled.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025

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“Self-involvement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-involvement. Accessed 15 Feb. 2025.

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