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self-centred

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self-centred
adj
totally preoccupied with one's own concerns
self-centredly  adv
self-centredness  n
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Adj.1.self-centred - limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
selfish - concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others; "Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

self-centred
adjective selfish, narcissistic, self-absorbed, inward looking, self-seeking, egotistic, wrapped up in yourself The self-centred ones have little energy for anyone else.
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self-centred self-centered (US) [ˌselfˈsentəd] ADJegocéntrico

self-centred self-centered (Am) [ˌsɛlfˈsɛntəd] adjegocentrico/a

self-centred
adj self-centred [selfˈsentəd]
interested only in one's own affairs; selfish She's too self-centred to take any interest in my troubles. selfgesentreerd أناني، ذاتي المَرْكِز егоцентричен egocentrický selvcentreret ichbezogen εγωκεντρικός egocéntrico enesekeskne خود شيفته itsekeskeinen égocentrique מְרוּכָּז בְּעצמוֹ आत्मकेन्द्रित, स्वकेन्द्रित samoživ, egoističan önző egois sjálfhverfur egocentrico 自分中心の 자기 중심적인 egocentriškas egocentrisks mementingkan diri egocentrisch selvopptatt, egosentrisk egocentryczny, samolubny egoísta egocentric эгоистичный egocentrický, sústredený na seba samoljuben samoživ självcentrerad, självupptagen เห็นแก่ตัว bencil 自私自利的,自我中心的 егоцентричний, егоїстичний اپنی ذات میں مگن tự cho mình là trung tâm

self-centred مُحِب لنفسه egocentrický selvcentreret egozentrisch εγωκεντρικός egocéntrico itsekeskeinen égocentrique egocentričan egocentrico 自己本位の 이기적인 egocentrisch selvsentrert egocentryczny egocêntrico эгоистичный självupptagen ซึ่งเห็นแก่ตัวเอง bencil tự coi mình là trung tâm 以我为中心的


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One after another of the self-centred Folk would yield to it, and soon all would be dancing or chanting in chorus.
"Helene," he said quietly, "I suppose that you, who knew nothing of me till you left school, have looked upon me always as a selfish, passionless creature - a weaver of plots, perhaps sometimes a dreamer of dreams, but a person wholly self-centred, always self-engrossed?
He was too thoroughly self-centred, however, to let other than his own preferences long dominate his Rag-weed's actions.
 
 
 
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