Self-absorption
noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. uncountable
- 2 preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"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.