egocentric

Example Sentences

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There was a study done by some researchers from China where they found that being in nature, you’re not so egocentric.

From Los Angeles Times

"He has pretty strong political ambitions for a second term, and is pretty politically egocentric, as all leaders are at his level."

From BBC

As decades of animated Disney movies have taught us, antagonists generally get the best musical numbers, with the freedom to be as egocentric and bombastic as, well, the Joker of the 2019 movie.

From Los Angeles Times

“Small children are very egocentric, they usually experience emotions that their parents have as having something to do with them,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

In his 1941 book, The Mask of Sanity, the influential US psychiatrist Hervey Cleckley set out the personality profile of a psychopath: a superficially charming but egocentric and untrustworthy person who conceals an antisocial core.

From Scientific American