egocentric

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Veronika's tool use is directed at her own body, which is known as egocentric tool use.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

And Achillia’s arc captures all that, dropping her into a den of desperate and egocentric men who, at best, want nothing to do with her.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

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

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2025

“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 • Mar. 23, 2024

In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities: either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou