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self-preoccupation
noun[ U ]
disapproving(alsoself-preoccupation)uk /ˌself.priː.ɒk.jəˈpeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.priː.ɑː.kjəˈpeɪ.ʃən/
the state of thinking about yourself too much or most of the time:
Self-preoccupation interferes with people's ability to remember things they already know.
Throughout the book, he makes fun of his self-preoccupation in various ways.
One of the healthiest things you can do is to step back from self-preoccupation and self-worry.
Self-preoccupation is one of the worst diseases of the literary life.
Appalled by his own level of self-preoccupation, he tries hard to comprehend how he came to be as he is.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Continually thinking about
absorb
absorbed
axe
be devoured by somethingidiom
be hung up on somethingidiom
be wrapped up in something/someoneidiom
brain
devour
fetishize
fixate
fixated
fixation
get into someone
nag
obsessive
obsessively
one-track mind
overactive
preoccupation
preoccupied
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