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egocentric
adjective
noun
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
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adjective
concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
“{'source': 'Maria Weston Chapman', 'text': 'Selfish men were … trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights'}”
noun
a self-centered person with little regard for others
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{'source': 'Maria Weston Chapman', 'text': 'Selfish men were … trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights'}
{'source': "George Eliot's Exploration of Art and Influence after Middlemarch - Wendy S Williams", 'text': 'The merely egoistic satisfactions of fame are easily nullified'}
{'source': 'http://wisesyracuse.wordpress.com/2012/11/07/what-kind-of-a-leader-are-you/', 'text': 'However, because of their strong-minded nature, they are often perceived as difficult and egoistical individuals.'}
{'source': 'http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2011/10/knocked_up_at_the_movies.html', 'text': 'I will never forgive her for her egocentric and shameful conduct towards Gilliatt'}
{'source': 'http://www.omnomicon.com/rainbowcake', 'text': "What I can't believe is that people are so stupid and self-centered that they think they HAVE to comment on things they don't like."}
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