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self-centered

Adjective CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. Egotistically obsessed with oneself.
    US
  2. Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.
    US

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Examples

“[A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousnessthat is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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