self-regarding

British  

adjective

1. self-centred; egotistical

2. philosophy (of an action) affecting the interests of no-one other than the agent, and hence, according to John Stuart Mill, immune from moral criticism

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Example Sentences

The soft progress achieved under Martin O'Neill has been sacrificed on the altar of "process" and some self-regarding notion that Nancy is a visionary who's building a footballing monument.

From BBC

Stein called him “a village explainer,” adding: “excellent if you were a village, but if you were not, not,” which is witty and typically self-regarding.

From The Wall Street Journal

Neither in the movie nor in the musical do these vividly tasteless and self-regarding figures come across as appealing, although the musical does succeed in softening them with humor and amplifies Jackie’s backstory.

From The Wall Street Journal

If he were younger, Hawke would have come across as self-regarding.

From Los Angeles Times

“Furiosa,” to its distinction and detriment, ends up being too self-regarding, too downbeat.

From Los Angeles Times