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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. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-regarding
selfish
Adjective
  • Some of it’s considerate and protective, some of it’s selfish.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Listening also means making choices that can feel selfish in the moment.
    Melissa Gonzalez, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Self-regarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regarding. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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