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self-centeredness n.
self-importance n.

NOUN

self-centeredness

Synonyms

WEAK

arrogance assurance boastfulness boasting bragging conceit conceitedness egocentricity egomania gasconade haughtiness insolence megalomania narcissism ostentation overconfidence preoccupation with self presumption pride self-absorption self-admiration self-confidence self-importance self-interest self-love self-possession self-regard self-worship selfishness superiority swellheadedness vainglory vanity vaunting

Antonyms

WEAK

altruism humility selflessness

NOUN

self-importance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

arrogance narcissism self-absorption selfishness

STRONG

boastfulness bragging conceit egoism immodesty pride self-aggrandizement self-centeredness self-praise vainglory vanity

WEAK

self-admiration vainness

Antonyms

STRONG

humility modesty shyness timidity

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egotisms

He warned against "egotisms" from prominent bench-warmers like Arjen Robben and Mario Gómez.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 28, 2013

With all his faults, his poses, his superficialities, his secrecies, his egotisms, I never dreamed of him as aught but a loyal and honourable gentleman.

From Jaffery by William John Locke

Friends could now get together, conversation could range over personalities, egotisms have their day, and bygones be disinterred without need of an explanation.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever

Her usual egotisms and arrogancies fell away ashamed.

From The Coryston Family A Novel by Mrs. Humphry Ward

But he must have written what Montaigne dictated, as the expressions and the egotisms are all Montaigne's.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli