as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
the cult attracts egocentric people who are preoccupied with reaching their potential as individuals
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as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests
he's such an egocentric that he painstakingly records every detail of his unremarkable life
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Recent Examples of egocentric
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2024
Some of the men have been described as egocentric, aggressive, and routinely unfaithful.
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
Feel how different these approaches are from the warmongering produced by egocentric thinking.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Leo: Delia Deetz As the dramatic sign of the zodiac, Leos can be a tad egocentric and passionate.
—Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024
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So begins possibly the most egocentric quest to humble oneself the stage has yet seen.
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Liberals without children fear they are seen as selfish careerists or libertines.—
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Dropping this much weight in such a short amount of time is both dangerous and, according to his teammates, selfish.—
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There’s no egotistical rock star bullsh**t going on here.—
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This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.—
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At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.—
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McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.—
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The vulnerable narcissist is the most fragile type.—
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What better way to deal with a narcissist than to be completely unbothered?—
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With that put to bed, our attention turns back to the husbands, and all the new rumors from this season, like Lisa bringing up Shawn’s name in regards to circle jerks.—
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Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.—
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While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.—
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There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.—
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“Egocentric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egocentric. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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