self-concern
- a word derived from concern.
Example Sentences
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Shalmiyev has plenty of genuine self-concern, but beyond herself she seems capable of thinking only in stereotypes; she can’t see beyond her own suffering let alone get her readers there.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2019
In Newton's view, Bremer exuded "narcissistic self-concern" rather than a discernable ideology.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2012
Transactional Analyst Barton Knapp of Philadelphia's Laurel Institute added that in therapy more people are making self-concern "the Goal" in life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Throughout the course of the year they may be brought back again and again to the realization that fear, deceit, stubbornness and disobedience all stem from self-concern and self-will.
From Time Magazine Archive
To know thyself—in others self-concern; Would'st thou know others? read thyself—and learn!
From Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
