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  • adjective limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

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Examples

  • But his friends didn't mind because we were so fond of him, though he was selfish and self-centred like most artists are.

    "The Letters of Bruce Chatwin" Jonathan Yardley 2011

  • But his friends didn't mind because we were so fond of him, though he was selfish and self-centred like most artists are.

    "The Letters of Bruce Chatwin" Jonathan Yardley 2011

  • The fact that everyone's class system is centred exactly on themselves tends to make people, naturally, very self-centred.

    Eurozone's citizens split amid battle to stop debt crisis spreading 2011

  • Being a bit self-centred, I plugged in the search term Nag on the Lake and found all sorts of interesting things, some related to my blog, others not.

    Spezify The Nag 2009

  • One after another of the self-centred Folk would yield to it, and soon all would be dancing or chanting in chorus.

    CHAPTER XIV 2010

  • In an increasingly self-centred society a premium is placed on being heard rather than listening, being seen rather than watching, and on being read rather than reading.

    Being read rather than reading L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • Don't delay anything as Balotelli/Adebayor/insert new Man Citeh Prima Donna's name here has to be self-centred enough to want to take then pen so he'll soon come back.

    You are the Ref: Tim Howard, Everton 2011

  • It speaks to our passion for instant gratification and tends towards the self-centred top pledges include weight loss and exercise regimes.

    Broken resolutions can be good for you | Hephzibah Anderson 2011

  • In an increasingly self-centred society a premium is placed on being heard rather than listening, being seen rather than watching, and on being read rather than reading.

    Archive 2009-02-01 L. Lee Lowe 2009

  • Men have become commitment-phobes because the rise of capitalism has encouraged them to be autonomous and self-centred.

    Love hurts more than ever before (blame the internet and capitalism) 2012

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