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self-obsessed

self-obsessed adjective: deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical.

Adjective

self-obsessed (comparative more self-obsessed, superlative most self-obsessed)

  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.1993, John Banville, Ghosts

Forms of self-obsessed

comparativemore self-obsessed
superlativemost self-obsessed

Origin of self-obsessed

From self- + obsessed.

Questions about self-obsessed

What does self-obsessed mean?
Self-obsessed means deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical.
What part of speech is self-obsessed?
Self-obsessed is an adjective.

Words near self-obsessed in the dictionary

  1. self-normalize
  2. self-normalized
  3. self-normalizes
  4. self-normalizing
  5. self-objectification
  6. self-obsessed
  7. self-obsession
  8. self-offence
  9. self-offences
  10. self-officiated
  11. self-officiation

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