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self-absorption

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self-ab⋅sorp⋅tion

[self-ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-, self-]
–noun
preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.

Origin:
1860–65
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self-ab·sorbed   (sělf'əb-sôrbd', -zôrbd')
adj.  Excessively self-involved.
self'-ab·sorp'tion (-sôrp'shən, -zôrp'-) n.
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