单词 | self-central |
释义 | self-centraladj. Centred within the self; centred on the self; self-centred. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining in one place > around which other things move self-central1642 self-centred1677 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [adjective] > preoccupied with self self-central1642 selfy1643 self-centred1645 self-concerned1653 self-involved1785 self-conscious1825 self-intoxicated1847 self-obsessed1878 egocentric1900 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica 40 God his creature hath indewd With a self centrall essence. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vii. vi. 340 This Sensual, Brutish and Self-Central life. 1691 T. Burnet Short Consideration E. Warren's Def. 12 That he understood that expression only of self-central and quiescent Bodies. 1862 Westm. Rev. July 140 That serenely self-complacent, self-righteous, and self-central humanity. 1895 Hartford Seminary Rec. June 300 In Job the question is as to the basis of his morality,—is it self-central or God-centered? 1926 Proc. Aristotelian Soc. 26 215 So long as these embryonic modes of treatment of nature were the product of unreflective acts they could only take the stiff and self-central form of magical beliefs. 2006 Psychol. Inq. 17 300/1 Idealized pride, conviction, and consensus..are readily available for defensive use because, as self-central concerns in Western cultures, they are highly accessible. Derivatives self-ˈcentralism n. the quality of being self-central; self-centredness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > preoccupation with self self-centrality1642 selfhood1647 selfism1731 self-involution1800 self-absorption1803 self-consciousness1833 selfdom1852 self-involvement1860 self-centredness1861 self-centration1862 self-centralization1863 self-centralism1890 self-orientation1950 1890 Rec. Sigma Alpha Epsilon May 135 Omega wishes..to disclaim any of that self-centralism which is so ruinous to a fraternity and so inimical to the effectiveness of an individual chapter. 1903 Month July 33 Proud self-centralism. 2002 N. Nojumi Rise of Taliban in Afghanistan viii. 101 Because of their rigid political ideology and extreme self-centralism, these political parties did not open their doors to the waves of newcomers. self-cenˈtrality n. the quality of being self-central; self-centredness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > preoccupation with self self-centrality1642 selfhood1647 selfism1731 self-involution1800 self-absorption1803 self-consciousness1833 selfdom1852 self-involvement1860 self-centredness1861 self-centration1862 self-centralization1863 self-centralism1890 self-orientation1950 1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica 39 A thousand such incongruities vain Will follow from that first absurdity, Which doth all souls into one centre strain, And make them void of self-centrality. 1880 York Herald 13 Apr. 4/6 The impression is not that England has entered upon a policy of abstinence and self-centrality. 1999 N.Y. Times 5 Nov. e20/2 Their continual self-centrality abates long enough to allow an argument over an attempt to punish a French World War II collaborator. self-centraliˈzation n. the fact or process of becoming centred in or on the self; self-centredness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > preoccupation with self self-centrality1642 selfhood1647 selfism1731 self-involution1800 self-absorption1803 self-consciousness1833 selfdom1852 self-involvement1860 self-centredness1861 self-centration1862 self-centralization1863 self-centralism1890 self-orientation1950 1863 Ladies' Repository Jan. 45/2 Such minds need to be socialized. As they are, they tend strongly to the ruin of self-centralization. 1903 Q. Rev. Oct. 407 The self-centralisation of Latin politics. 2008 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 4 Jan. Their embrace of foreign cultures the anathema of All-American self-centralisation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1642 |
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