self-centered
adjective
self-cen·tered
ˌself-ˈsen-tərd 
1
: independent of outside force or influence : self-sufficient
2
: concerned solely with one's own desires, needs, or interests
self-centeredly
adverb
self-centeredness
noun
Examples of self-centered in a Sentence
a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community
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To Tess, her daughter is self-centered, ungrateful and way too loud.
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld.
—Joe Kottke, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Billy and Peter systematically built a game-winning team off of statistics and budget, rather than investing the entire franchise's finances into players who were flashy, self-centered, or individually successful.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld.
—Joe Kottke, NBC news, 27 June 2025
Billy and Peter systematically built a game-winning team off of statistics and budget, rather than investing the entire franchise's finances into players who were flashy, self-centered, or individually successful.
—Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Compiled from Candace Bushnell’s column of the same name from The New York Observer, the book is a dark and bizarre look at dating in 1990s New York, where men are pathologically childish, cruel, and self-centered, and women are domineering, striving, and manipulative.
—Alice Bolin
june 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
Trump is self-centered, boastful and uncaring about the needs of others.
—Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2025
The second thing is that a lot of our discussion about happiness is overly self-centered.
—Renée Onque, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
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“Self-centered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-centered. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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