engrossment
noun
the act of engrossing.
self-engrossment
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a word derived from
engrossment.
Example Sentences
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In our own day certain ways of thinking, culminating in development of the Moi and production of the Uebermensch, and general self-engrossment and currishness, are peculiarly hostile to courtship.
From Hortus Vitae Essays on the Gardening of Life by Vernon Lee
But the front-door bell rang, and something in Miss Ethel's expression did then pierce her self-engrossment.
From The Privet Hedge by J. E. Buckrose
Let me add that their legitimate use is to teach us a ready sympathy with the sorrows and trials of others, rather than a hardened self-engrossment.
From The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews by Henry Lunettes
But while I am explaining the blunders caused by 12 self-engrossment and lack of imagination, let me show what slight adjustments will sometimes carry us past depressing difficulties.
From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Alice Freeman Palmer
In a moment all the self-engrossment of her bashfulness was gone.
From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner
