单词 | self-centered |
释义 | self-centered (once / 14021 pages) adj A self-centered person is excessively concerned with himself and his own needs. He's selfish. You probably know some people who always talk about themselves, make every issue about themselves, and are generally all about "Me, me, me!" People like that are self-centered: as the word suggests, they are overly centered on themselves. Self-centered people tend to ignore the needs of others and only do what's best for them. You can also call them egocentric, egoistic, and egoistical. In the seventeenth century, however, self-centered meant "fixed or stationary." WORD FAMILYself-centered: self-centeredness+/center: centered, centeredly, centering, centers, central, centric, centrical/centered: self-centered/centering: centerings/central: centralise, centralism, centrality, centralize, centrally, centrals/centralisation: centralisations/centralise: centralisation, centralised, centralises, centralising, decentralise/centralised: decentralised/centralising: decentralising/centralism: centralist, centralistic/centrality: centralities/centralization: centralizations/centralize: centralization, centralized, centralizes, centralizing, decentralize/centric: bicentric, centrically/decentralise: decentalisation, decentralisation, decentralises/decentralize: decentralization, decentralized, decentralizes, decentralizing USAGE EXAMPLESMoreover to limit his office hours to one day a week demonstrated how self-centered he is, not that he is committed to helping his students. New York Times(Mar 27, 2013) He’s also too ambitious and self-centered to tether himself to any consistent ideological framework. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) Just you alone in the voting booth, cocooned in your infantile, self-soothing, self-centered thoughts. New York Times(Nov 07, 2016) adj limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs Syn|Ant egocentric, egoistic, egoistical, self-centred self-absorbed, self-involved absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc selfishconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others altruistic, selfless showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others unselfishdisregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others |
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