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self-absorbed

[self-ab-sawrbd, -zawrbd, self-]

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adjective

preoccupied with one's own thoughts, interests, etc., especially to the extent that other people and things go unnoticed.
She was criticized for being too self-absorbed, but she was an inventor, and when struck by an idea she had to shut the world out in order to focus on it.

self-absorbed

adjective

preoccupied with one's own thoughts, emotions, life, etc

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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-absorbed¹

First recorded in 1840–50

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But I was so self-absorbed, I didn’t think about it in that way.

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Rao sees herself as Gen Z too — it’s something she thinks about a lot — but she’s not nearly as self-absorbed.

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I’ve been reflecting a lot on how much Trump resembles the vast majority of kings, emperors and rulers throughout history: obsessed with unlimited power, fickle, self-absorbed, quarantined against reality.

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He started “Star Wars” as a self-absorbed teenager who refused to help Princess Leia, sputtering, “It’s not that I like the Empire — I hate it — but there’s nothing I can do about it right now.”

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As his preoccupied parents and self-absorbed sister boarded their plane back home, he joyously joined a group of local Hawaiian men rowing in the ocean.

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�� does��self-absorbed mean?

Self-absorbed is an adjective used to describe a person who’s preoccupied with their own wants and needs.When used in this term, the word absorbed means deeply preoccupied or totally wrapped up in something—in this case, oneself.Self-absorbed is almost always used negatively. When you call people self-absorbed, it usually means you think they only think about and care about themselves.The term is typically used to describe a person’s overall personality (as opposed to their behavior on a certain day or at a certain time).The state of being self-absorbed is called self-absorption (notice how the b becomes a p in the noun absorption).Example: My therapist helped me to see how self-absorbed I was, only ever thinking about myself and making everything about me.

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