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单词 self-absorption
释义

self-absorptionn.

Brit. /ˌsɛlfəbˈzɔːpʃn/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfəbˈzɔrpʃ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, absorption n.
Etymology: < self- prefix + absorption n. Compare self-absorbed adj. at self- prefix 6.
1. Absorption in or preoccupation with one's own emotions, interests, or situation; the condition or quality of being self-absorbed.
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
1803 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (BL Add. MS 47513) f. 121v Self-absorption & Wordly-mindedness [sic] N.B. The latter a most philosophical word.
1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story I. xix. 131 That self-absorption which the habit of reverie had fostered.
a1930 D. H. Lawrence Last Poems (1932) 94 The lovely and self-absorbed girl Looked back at the handsome and self-absorbed young man And thrilled. And in that thrill he felt: Her self-absorption is even as strong as mine.
1979 V. S. Naipaul Bend in River xi. 188 I did not wish to lose myself in the..self-absorption of that fantasy.
2015 M. Bamberger Men in Green (2016) vi. 85 There's always been a quality of self-absorption with Ken, no question.
2. Physics. The absorption of radiation by the body or substance emitting it.
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1904 Astrophysical Jrnl. 19 140 Consequently, the radiation of a gas is limited by the self-absorption which the gas exercises on its own radiation.
1950 Atomics Nov. 334/2 The self-absorption of β-rays in radioactive films..has been investigated.
2010 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 107 5313/2 This procedure allowed us to correct for sample self-absorption of scintillation events.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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