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English
Etymology
From self- + centered.
Adjective
self-centered (comparative more self-centered, superlative most self-centered) (American spelling)
- Egotistically obsessed with oneself.
- Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.
1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 165:[A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.
Translations
egotistically obsessed with oneself
— see egocentricSee also