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self-centeredness n.
self-centeredness n.

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

Antonyms

WEAK

altruism humility selflessness

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

STRONG

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority vainglory vanity

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting

Antonyms

STRONG

humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

WEAK

altruism selflessness

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egoisms

"Let us eradicate the prevailing mentality revolving around our ego and personal and national egoisms which determine every decision we take," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2021

The world is nothing but a collection of egoisms hanging loosely together.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

The larger issues narrowed to a conflict of two egoisms.

From Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life by Mrs. Campbell Praed

Since then there has been a secret inquietude at the heart of all egoisms, a sentence of condemnation on the brow of all abuses and all tyrannies.

From Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier

There are, thus, egoisms of many sorts, and they may urge men to very different courses of conduct.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton