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self-centeredness n.
self-centeredness 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-centeredness

Synonyms

STRONG

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

WEAK

egocentricity self-admiration swellheadedness vaunting

Antonyms

STRONG

humility meekness modesty shyness timidity

WEAK

altruism selflessness

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egoisms

"Let us eradicate the prevailing mentality revolving around our ego and personal and national egoisms which determine every decision we take," he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2021

There are, thus, egoisms of many sorts, and they may urge men to very different courses of conduct.

From A Handbook of Ethical Theory by George Stuart Fullerton

In those days, friendship knew nothing of our narrow and shabby egoisms.

From Saint Augustin by Vincent O'Sullivan

But the moment was to come when all these little lies and small egoisms were to vanish away before the divine light of love.

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Gilbert Cannan

Life has blundered supremely, in, while making brains its darling, forgetting or helplessly surrendering to the egoisms of alimentation.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.