self-centred
self-centred is the alternative spelling of self-centered.
Meaning of self-centered
Adjective
self-centered (comparative more self-centered, superlative most self-centered)
- Egotistically obsessed with oneself.
- As a rule men through economic conditions marry so late that they have already half exhausted their virile power before they marry. And when they marry young they are so ignorant and so self-centered that they imagine their wives must be satisfied when they are.1922, Frank Harris, “X”, in My Life and Loves
- Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.
- [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of...1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., page 165
Forms of self-centred
| comparative | more self-centred |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-centred |
Origin of self-centred
From self- + centred.
Questions about self-centred
- What is self-centred the alternative spelling of?
- Self-centred is the alternative spelling of self-centered.
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