单词 | self-centredness |
释义 | self-centrednessself-centerednessn. The quality of being self-centred; preoccupation with oneself and one's affairs. 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 1861 National Rev. Apr. 439 This self-centredness it is, this exclusiveness of national feeling, which has rendered her the fitting instrument to teach the great lessons we have named. 1894 Athenæum 21 July 94/2 With nearly as strong a belief as his master's in the self-centredness of man. 1934 D. Thomas Coll. Lett. (1987) 89 My self-centredness, my islandic egoism which allows few of the day's waves to touch it. 1966 New Statesman 14 Jan. 55/1 That Luke is phoney enough to wrap his very ordinary self-centredness in such mythy packaging, is perhaps a point that the book is trying to make. 2000 P. H. Wender ADHD vi. 172 The self-centeredness does not mean they like themselves. It simply means they have not learned how to place themselves in other people's shoes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1861 |
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