self-centered

Egotistically obsessed with oneself.

Adjective

  1. Egotistically obsessed with oneself.

    Synonyms: egocentric self-absorbed solipsistic egoistical every man for himself idiocentric individualistic interested porkish reptilian selfish selflike selfsome self-centered self-interested self-minded self-seeking self-serving

  2. Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.
    • [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its...

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English centered English self-centered From self- + centered.

Forms

more self-centered most self-centered self-centred

Related

self-absorbed

Derived

self-centeredness