self-centeredness
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, critics—many of whom are researchers who have studied relationships for decades—say that it encourages self-centeredness and self-delusion and ruins families.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
It might come down to his self-centeredness wearing you out.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2023
So many people, because of loneliness, alienation, social atomization and a culture of hyper-individualism and self-centeredness, feel no sense of linked fate with other human beings outside their families and immediate social circles.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2022
Her latent anxiety and self-centeredness have really hit an all-time high.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2021
I didn’t have the melodramatic self-centeredness to be a goth, or show up to class enough to play the geek.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
