as in selfishness
excessive interest in oneself
there's a relentless selfness about her poetry that is wearisome to readers who do not find her endlessly fascinating
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Noun
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Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026 -
The adjectives used to describe vampire Lucy suggest monstrous selfishness.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 May 2026
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Crichton goes to a lot of effort to give plausible explanation to the harvesting and recombination of dinosaur DNA, and the mistakes that the involved human beings make are ones of ego, greed, and—more or less—neglecting to double-check their homework before turning it in.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Contrary to popular belief, Holmgren rejects the cliché that the greatest teams push egos aside, forgetting individual goals in the quest for a Larry O’Brien Trophy.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Noun
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The powder room, meanwhile, features a one-off vanity made using two antique filing cabinets as base.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
22 May 2026
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The point is, owners need to be thinking about the rhythm of the business rather than one-off transactions, and prioritizing cash flow over the vanity of locking in the lowest rate.—
Matthew Meehan,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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There was too much egoism politically for each country to be all together with a unique economy, language and president.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2026
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McGuane also reminded me that Hemingway was, to put it politely, a complicated personality, a domineering figure prone to brawling, affairs, and cask-strength egoism.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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These experts suggested Trump showed signs of narcissism, sociopathic tendencies, and a fixation on the haunting legacy of his punishing father.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
20 May 2026
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Brand narcissism was always a signal that something was off.—
Rebecca Brooks,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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“Selfness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selfness. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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