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self-absorption
[ self-ab-sawrp-shuhn, -zawrp-, self- ]
/ ˈsɛlf æbˈsɔrp ʃən, -ˈzɔrp-, ˌsɛlf- /
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noun
preoccupation with oneself or one's own affairs.
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Origin of self-absorption
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby self-absorption
self-abandoned, self-abandonment, self-abasement, self-abnegation, self-absorbed, self-absorption, self-abuse, self-acting, self-actualization, self-actualize, self-addressed
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British Dictionary definitions for self-absorption
self-absorption
noun
preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of others or the outside world
physics the process in which some of the radiation emitted by a material is absorbed by the material itself
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