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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Concerned primarily with one's own objectives, priorities, etc.

   "Near-synonyms: self-absorbed, insular"

Synonyms

All synonyms

insularself-absorbed

Example

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"We have become an intolerant, inward-looking society."

Related phrases

inward-lookingness

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