Meanings of self-centeredness in English

Pessimism, cynicism, and self-centeredness can take hold as the chances of marrying narrow.

Emphasize his egotism and self-centeredness as they start off for the golf links.

But with the self-centeredness of the body-obsessed, the scale in my mind never sleeps.

He is pulled out of self-centeredness, while shouting for another.

Our carelessness, our self-centeredness, had wrecked those chocolates, made one fine mess of them all.

Mindfulness teaches that self-centeredness leads to disease while being altruistic creates a benefit to oneself and others.

It was that certain self-centeredness which is not egotism, yet a subconsciousness of self in all acts.

The emphasis on personal freedom has produced a society that is largely characterized by greed, gluttony, self-centeredness, and sexual immorality.

We learn how to walk in freedom from violence, self-centeredness, materialism, nationalism, racism, and all other false ways of getting life.

We have as near a Utopia as is possible, given the irrationality, greed, stupidity, and self-centeredness inborn in so many people.

It is all right to wallow in one's journal; it is a way of getting rid of self-pity and self-indulgence and self-centeredness.

DJ's self-centeredness, in fact, is a defense mechanism, probably even an intelligent one, in an environment that feels alien and often hostile.

The conflict between the love of God and the self-centeredness of man produces an ugly, rugged, and bloody struggle, which the crucifixion summarized.

Vessels of self-centeredness, we outsource our elderly to institutions and our children to daycare; we eat out more and get together as families less.

However, he was not blind to the absurdity and self-centeredness of personal prayer, as this gentle but biting little satire, written in 1940, will show.

"Let's face it, Doctor," Peregrine said flippantly, angered by his self-centeredness.