Self-absorption

noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. uncountable
  2. 2
    preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else wordnet

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"Holmes sat silently, with his head thrown back and his eyes closed, in an attitude which might seem listless to a stranger, but which I knew betokened the most intense self-absorption."

Etymology

From self- + absorption.

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