self-centered
/sˈɛlfsˈɛntɚd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.97 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.
American usage
Example Sentences
- "As a rule men through economic conditions marry so late that they have already half exhausted their virile power before they marry. And when they marry young they are so ignorant and so self-centered that they imagine their wives must be satisfied when they are."
- "[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 own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action."
Etymology
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.
Usage
- American usage