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SELF-CENTRED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does self-centred mean? 

SELF-CENTRED (adjective)
  The adjective SELF-CENTRED has 1 sense:

1. limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needsplay

  Familiarity information: SELF-CENTRED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SELF-CENTRED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

Synonyms:

egocentric; egoistic; egoistical; self-centered; self-centred

Similar:

self-absorbed; self-involved (absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc)

Also:

selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)


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