self-involvedadj.
/ˌsɛlfᵻnˈvɒlvd/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfᵻnˈvɑlvd/, /ˌsɛlfᵻnˈvɔlvd/ Preoccupied with oneself or one's own thoughts or affairs, to the exclusion of anyone or anything else; characterized by self-involvement.In quot. 1785 in extended use, applied to a typeface.
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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
1785 J. Adair Discuss. Law of Libels p. x There is something in the sombre cast and self-involved character of the old black letter.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 163 The pensive mind that, self-involved, Yet sleeps a dreamless sleep to me.
1847 G. P. R. James Russell I. ix. 175 That peculiar sort of self-involved business air, which is found more or less in every Englishman.
1959 Tulane Drama Rev. 3 49 He is not, I think, a true tragic hero..but the self-involved tragic victim of a world which is as flawed as he is.
2010 A. G. Hunter Princes, Frogs & Ugly Sisters vii. 84 The narcissistic mother is so self-involved she is never able to become a supportive parent in the real world.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1785