Antonyms for self-centered

Grammar : Adj

Spell : self-sen-terd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlfˈsɛn tərd

Definition of self-centered

Origin : 1670s, "fixed, stationary," from self- + center (v.). In reference to persons, "engrossed in the self, with little regard for others," it is recorded from 1783.

adj absorbed with oneself

Example sentences :

Is the life of the child egoistic, self-centered, impulsive?
Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey

We are self-centered, free-willed; immune from any possibility of offending the universe.
Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad

She was hardly the cold, self-centered Ray of six months ago.
Extract from : « The Mask » by Arthur Hornblow

In the second place, it is, in a ghastly sense, self-centered!
Extract from : « Visions and Revisions » by John Cowper Powys

Few women are so self-reliant, self-sustained, self-centered.
Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett

For a life that is closed in about our own self-centered enjoyment is now impossible.
Extract from : « The Wasted Generation » by Owen Johnson

She had been saying something, what he did not know nor, self-centered in his anger, did he care.
Extract from : « The Monster » by Edgar Saltus

Perhaps she had been too inexperienced, perhaps too self-centered, to see it.
Extract from : « The Grain Of Dust » by David Graham Phillips

It sustains in situations which drive the self-centered egoist to despair.
Extract from : « The Victorious Attitude » by Orison Swett Marden

Coldly said the Soul: You were self-centered, for all your self-sacrifice.
Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane

Synonyms for self-centered

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