as in self-pleased
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-affected
Adjective
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There’s no egotistical rock star bullsh**t going on here.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025 -
This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The General Assembly has become the most important U.N. body on Ukraine because the Security Council has been paralyzed by Russia’s veto power.—
Edith M. Lederer,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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But when the spotlight is brighter and everything feels more important, suddenly a mild slump becomes much more.—
Sean McIndoe,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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The Future of Foreign Aid: Rethink, Not Retreat Despite dramatic aid shifts being experienced around the world, Haddad remains cautiously optimistic.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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But while many in Altadena’s entrepreneurial community remain optimistic about a recovery, multiple business owners described lengthy and difficult roads ahead.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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That’s always easier because people start to question you but after City everyone was so positive then people start to get confident and complacent.—
James Pearce,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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Over Super Bowl weekend, fans worried that Kelce was being complacent and breaking his own rule about not going out and socializing in the week before the big game, the Daily Mail reported.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2025
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There’s plenty such wordplay in The Safe House, to the point that the movie can seem like a caricature of overeducated, perpetually growling Parisians shouting for social change, but too self-centered and comfortable in their bourgeois lifestyles to do anything drastic about it.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is the worst kind of football team: a conceited but objectively mediocre squad.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
17 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Angie Stone was proud to be an Honorary Member of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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Pérez feels Chicagoans should be proud that their city will host the North American premiere of this production.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The whole lot of them join forces to stop Thor’s (Chris Hemsworth) pompous brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston) — with an alien race called the Chitauri at his command — from conquering the planet.—
Will Harris,
EW.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Against the devoted coalition of evangelical Christians, neocons, pompous billionaires and MAGA Republicans who now dominate the other side of the aisle, this prevaricating has failed to muster enthusiasm for the Democratic Party or much of the industry’s own product.—
Matt Brennan,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Self-affected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-affected. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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