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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
  • How selfish of Fred Warner, goodness gracious.
    Michael Nowels, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This is plainly and simply a selfish decision on his part.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025

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“Self-regarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-regarding. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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