as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
many residents of that community seem to be into psychoanalysis, a luxury that few but the self-regarding wealthy can afford
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Recent Examples of self-regarding
The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-regarding
selfish
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Until crude vulgarians like Miller came along, no prominent American political figure would claim on our behalf a right to use our power for purely selfish ends, at the expense of other democratic states and foreign peoples.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
9 Feb. 2026
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There are selfish motives as Hawk is also secretly trying to track down whoever is blackmailing him.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Self-regarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regarding. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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