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SELF-CENTEREDNESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does self-centeredness mean?

• SELF-CENTEREDNESS (noun)
The noun SELF-CENTEREDNESS has 1 sense:

1. concern for your own interests and welfare

Familiarity information: SELF-CENTEREDNESS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SELF-CENTEREDNESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Concern for your own interests and welfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

egocentrism; self-centeredness; self-concern; egoism; self-interest

Hypernyms ("self-centeredness" is a kind of...):

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-centeredness"):

narcism; narcissism; self-love (an exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself)

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