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self-centeredness - definition and meaning
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noun concern only for oneself
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If you try to hold the spirit, you breed selfishness and self-centeredness .
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
Greed and self-centeredness take us out of the present and stop us from appreciating what we have right now.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
The documentary was provocative and creative in its demonstration of how our society has been brainwashed into believing that money, materialism and self-centeredness are the basis of happiness.
Cocoa Popps: I AM: The Film, the Message and... Water Bottles? Cocoa Popps 2011
Contemporaneous with this type of self-centeredness is another kind — the posting of downloads of e-books on a wholesale scale by individuals.
The Impact of Technology on Reader Civility « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
The documentary was provocative and creative in its demonstration of how our society has been brainwashed into believing that money, materialism and self-centeredness are the basis of happiness.
Cocoa Popps: I AM: The Film, the Message and... Water Bottles? Cocoa Popps 2011
Greed and self-centeredness take us out of the present and stop us from appreciating what we have right now.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
I especially admired how Verghese vividly described the primary characters 'unvarnished gut feelings and urges: love and hate, unrequited love and betrayal, excessive self-centeredness , compassion toward others, necessary self-survival actions and the resulting guilt and fear and a willingness to give up one's life for the sake of another.
Reader reviews of Cutting For Stone by Abraham Verghese. 2009
So they can call out the GOP on their utter self-centeredness and lack of morality ..
Think Progress » Republicans Block Bills Ensuring Continuation Of Military Health Care 2010
Greed and self-centeredness take us out of the present and stop us from appreciating what we have right now.
Ed and Deb Shapiro: Why Do We Feel Good Making Fun of Others? Ed 2010
Now, I know we "environmentalists" can come across a trifle earnest at times, but this resident's self-centeredness will remain a shining example of how the U.S. leads the world in the blind overconsumption of resources.
No Wonder We Are Thought Profligate 2011
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