self-centeredness

Example Sentences

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If they have a face turn towards the good, they get rewritten as people who have empathy — not narcissists at all, just people with high but non-disordered levels of self-centeredness.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2025

It might come down to his self-centeredness wearing you out.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

It sounds like your brother’s self-centeredness might have prevented you from doing broaching this conversation earlier, but if he seems to have changed, there may be nothing to worry about.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2022

Narcissistic personality disorder, for example, is characterized by grandiosity, self-centeredness and a lack of empathy.

From Scientific American • Jan. 19, 2022

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