as in selfish
overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests
a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community
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Recent Examples of self-centered
Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.
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Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The Herod book doesn’t make her attitude about segregation less myopic and self-centered.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
In Japan, however, where modesty and formality are valued in leadership, such a style might seem self-centered or inappropriate.
—Sarat Chakravarthi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
So, how do good leaders operate with confidence without coming across as arrogant or self-centered?
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
To be clear, sperm donation is, obviously, not an inherently evil or self-centered act.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
This speaks to something in him that’s both self-centered and self-destructive.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Deadpool has a meeting with Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan, who rejects him since Deadpool is too self-centered for the Avengers and just not a team player.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
Those in positions of power have it in their best interests to keep workers, neighbors, and citizens separate, self-centered, and distracted.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 June 2024
Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
The Herod book doesn’t make her attitude about segregation less myopic and self-centered.
—Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
In Japan, however, where modesty and formality are valued in leadership, such a style might seem self-centered or inappropriate.
—Sarat Chakravarthi, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
So, how do good leaders operate with confidence without coming across as arrogant or self-centered?
—Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
To be clear, sperm donation is, obviously, not an inherently evil or self-centered act.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
This speaks to something in him that’s both self-centered and self-destructive.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Sep. 2024
Deadpool has a meeting with Jon Favreau’s Happy Hogan, who rejects him since Deadpool is too self-centered for the Avengers and just not a team player.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Aug. 2024
Those in positions of power have it in their best interests to keep workers, neighbors, and citizens separate, self-centered, and distracted.
—Allie Volpe, Vox, 3 June 2024
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