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SELF-CENTERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does self-centered mean?
• SELF-CENTERED (adjective)
The adjective SELF-CENTERED has 1 sense:
1. limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
Familiarity information: SELF-CENTERED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
Synonyms:
egocentric; egoistic; egoistical; self-centered; self-centred
Similar:
self-absorbed; self-involved (absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc)
Also:
selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)
Derivation:
self-centeredness (concern for your own interests and welfare)
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