self-obsessed in English

Forms: more self-obsessed [comparative], most self-obsessed [superlative] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: self- + obsessed Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|self|obsessed}} self- + obsessed Head templates: {{en-adj}} self-obsessed (comparative more self-obsessed, superlative most self-obsessed)

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          "ref": "1993, John Banville, Ghosts",
          "text": "I have always suffered from a tendency to generate panic out of my own fears and imaginings; I think it is a common weakness of the self-obsessed.",
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        "Deeply interested in oneself to the exclusion of others; vain and narcissistic; egotistical."
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          "egotistical",
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "self",
        "3": "obsessed"
      },
      "expansion": "self- + obsessed",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "self- + obsessed",
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    {
      "form": "more self-obsessed",
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        "comparative"
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    },
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        "superlative"
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"self-obsessed" meaning in English

Adjective