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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

He passes, and for a little space we are left with his egoisms and idiosyncrasies more or less in suspense.

From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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

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

Regular contracts are made between these two egoisms, each of which arms itself against the other with the Do ut des.

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

Let him consider it as being such a chapter, and its egoisms will require no apology.

From Our Hundred Days in Europe by Oliver Wendell Holmes