self-involvement

[self-in-volv-muhnt, self-] / ˈsɛlf ɪnˈvɒlv mənt, ˌsɛlf- /

NOUN

egoism

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egocentrism egomania egotism gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-centeredness self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

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Laclos' epistolary novel spins a web of decadent self-involvement and class warfare through the exchange of letters between the Marquise de Merteuil, a wealthy widow, and her former lover Vicomte de Valmont.

From Salon • Nov. 6, 2022

Here Kaling plays a less difficult person, also named Mindy — or, in any case, a person who mostly makes trouble for herself and whose self-involvement is not so blinding as to make self-reflection impossible.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2022

Some reviewers of “How Should a Person Be?” took issue with what they saw as the narrator’s self-involvement.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2022

Bergman also aimed to convey a sense of self-involvement.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2021

One of the older members reads the Abnegation manifesto, which is a short paragraph about forgetting the self and the dangers of self-involvement.

From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth

self-involvement

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