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Recent Examples of inner-directed
One is inner-directed, determined to build self-esteem.
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Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner-directed
Adjective
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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
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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
Adjective
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Setting aside humanity, humility, charity, generosity, rationality, reality and other distractions, the Los Angeles fires add another element to what was already a fraught relationship between two egocentric political figures.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2025
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Once Leo Season begins on the 22nd, and Chiron begins its retrograde in Aries on the 26th, our mission will be to cultivate a healthy relationship with our own self-esteem without veering into narcissistic or egocentric tendencies.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
refinery29.com,
29 June 2024
Adjective
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Meanwhile, whenever Isabell’s narcissistic husband Philippe (Vincent Macaigne) is on screen, the film switches registers from drama to farce.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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To the narcissistic wannabe dictator on the ship, Kenneth Marshall (Mark Ruffalo) and his ambitious wife Ylfa (Toni Collette), Mickey is sub-human, dismissible and invisible, a cog in the wheel of their plans.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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The dissolution of the Family is seen as a sad, painfully slow affair, as, like Brian Wilson before him, Stone drifted off into his own solipsistic world of experimentation.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
24 Jan. 2025
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Needless to say, this particular motive is not mentioned in Biden’s solipsistic and self-pitying statement.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Sitting on the sidelines and labeling someone else as self-centered is easy.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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The Herod book doesn’t make her attitude about segregation less myopic and self-centered.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Ambitious and egregiously self-absorbed — Mona and Milton have those traits in common — Mona always tolerated his aggressive handsiness, his middle-of-the-night phone calls, his chronic inappropriateness.—
Laura Collins-Hughes,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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At this moment the endless analysis and scolding being put forward about what college students were too self-absorbed to grasp about the 2024 election is not helpful.—
Nicolaus Mills,
New York Daily News,
20 Jan. 2025
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Not just for this reason, but also due to the fact she’s been so self-involved the past year.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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A little self-involved, but the check clears either way.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2024
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“Inner-directed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner-directed. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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