self-involvement
Example Sentences
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She’s played by an A-list celebrity — Cate Blanchett — operating in a city renowned for its self-involvement and privilege.
From Los Angeles Times
Reddit’s narcissists are also not usually defined by our most basic idea of narcissism, the thing that got Narcissus himself in trouble—overt self-involvement, a regard for oneself so obsessive that it eclipses any interest in others.
From Slate
“When I came to New York, I was a teenager, and to become an actor there has to be an element of self-involvement, a deep kind of self-involvement,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times
A viewer can't help but attribute their ignorance less to self-involvement than clumsy scripting.
From Salon
Such thoughts, no matter how fleeting, pull our attention from fully appreciating Devi's efforts to grapple with her explosive anger and appreciate the ways it sabotages her, or her evolution to understanding that her self-involvement gets in the way of her happiness and that of those she cares about.
From Salon
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