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self-cen⋅tered

  [self-sen-terd]
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–adjective
1. concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
2. independent, self-sufficient.
3. centered in oneself or itself.
4. Archaic. fixed; unchanging.
Also, especially British, self-centred.

Origin:
1670–80

Related forms:
self⋅cen⋅tered⋅ly, adverb
self⋅cen⋅tered⋅ness, noun
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self-cen·tered   (sělf'sěn'tərd)
adj.  Engrossed in oneself and one's own affairs; selfish.
self'-cen'tered·ly adv., self'-cen'tered·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

self-centered 
1676, "fixed, stationary," from self + center (v.). In ref. to persons, "engrossed in the self, with little regard for others," it is recorded from 1783.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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