Self-obsessed

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical.

    "I have always suffered from a tendency to generate panic out of my own fears and imaginings; I think it is a common weakness of the self-obsessed."

Synonyms

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vain

Example

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"Rock is the most self-obsessed genre."

Etymology

From self- + obsessed.

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