SELF-PREOCCUPIED Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

self-preoccupied

adjective

ˌself-(ˌ)prē-ˈä-kyə-ˌpīd

Definition of self-preoccupied

as in selfish

overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests one self-preoccupied subject in the psychological study was found to use "I" in 80% of his sentences

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selfish

Adjective

Steve Bova, another friend and former director of the international division at Systematics, recalled how Steuri was anything but selfish.

— Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 1 Sep. 2026
But the most terrifying characters are the broken, vain, selfish parents who in one way or another cause their children so much harm.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of selfish

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