engrossment
noun
the act of engrossing.
self-engrossment
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a word derived from
engrossment.
Example Sentences
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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
The shell of her old self-engrossment cracked, and the call of a wider life came to her.
From The Emigrant Trail by Geraldine Bonner
Dorset was as difficult to amuse as a savage; but even his self-engrossment was not proof against Lily's arts, or rather these were especially adapted to soothe an uneasy egoism.
From House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
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
"Whatever else the blues accomplish, they certainly afford us a chance to submerge ourselves in a sea of self-engrossment."
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
