egocentric

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noun

as in egotist
a person who is overly concerned with his or her own desires, needs, or interests he's such an egocentric that he painstakingly records every detail of his unremarkable life

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Recent Examples of egocentric
Adjective
Feel how different these approaches are from the warmongering produced by egocentric thinking. Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 Leo: Delia Deetz As the dramatic sign of the zodiac, Leos can be a tad egocentric and passionate. Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2024 However, as Luna goes on to trine the egocentric Sun at 5:54 am EDT, maintaining our relationships shouldn’t stop us from advocating for our unique needs. Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 28 May 2024 With some of the smartest writing on television, Community told the story of a group of students at Greendale, led by the egocentric Jeff Winger (Joel McHale). Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for egocentric 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for egocentric
Adjective
  • Martin, who at this point knows just how selfish and destructive Tomas is, caves to his worst impulses and tops him silly.
    Samantha Allen, Them, 10 Feb. 2025
  • While Zoe and Grant chat on the rooftop patio, everyone else mills around in the gym, complaining about their rival’s selfish mood.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • This was my chance to not be an actor, not have that stink of being an actor, that egotistical, show-off, controlling, making choices, being clever part of being an actor.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The film, which centers on a group of egotistical actors making a Vietnam War movie, grossed nearly $200 million worldwide and picked up an Oscar nomination for supporting actor thanks to Robert Downey Jr.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At times, egoists can approach absurdity and drag their countries into outright disaster.
    Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
  • McCarthy’s difficulties highlighted the power of hard-right extremists and social-media egoists among the fragile Republican majority in the House.
    Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • The vulnerable narcissist is the most fragile type.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Feb. 2025
  • What better way to deal with a narcissist than to be completely unbothered?
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Diagnosed first with Jeavons syndrome in 2018/19—a rare form of epilepsy characterized by absence seizures and eyelid jerks—a 1,000-gene epilepsy panel in 2020 revealed further health problems.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
  • My job was to go over there and not be a jerk and try to advance the stand-up ball a couple of yards for the next guy that comes over there.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • While the aforementioned gamer creep threatens to rob us of silly confrontational television, there’s been one thing stopping them and making season three entertaining: The Traitors picked this season are dysfunctional clowns.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 6 Feb. 2025
  • There was a good joke buried in that conceit: maybe only clowns spend as much time in the makeup chair as the drag artists that have provided Roan the inspiration for her primary look.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025

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“Egocentric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egocentric. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.

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