obsessed
adjective
having an obsession (usually followed by with orby ).
self-obsessed
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a word derived from
obsessed.
Example Sentences
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When explaining this trend, it’s tempting to turn to stereotypes: phone-addled, self-obsessed kids these days have forgotten how to connect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
"Having BDD does not mean you're vain or self-obsessed," it continues.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2025
It creates a very real worry that we're becoming so self-obsessed we're losing touch with our humanity.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2025
In moving his antihero between Vietnam and 1970s California, home of self-obsessed good vibrations, conflicted refugees and rabid anti-communist reactionaries, Nguyen reveals a series of rich dichotomies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
For instance, love: men in many “advanced,” that is to say, self-obsessed, civilizations, view it only in its physical materializations, but not in its spiritual context.
From The Revolutions of Time by Jonathan Dunn
