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SELF-ABSORPTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("self-absorption" is a kind of...):
preoccupation (an idea that preoccupies the mind and holds the attention)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "self-absorption"):
navel-gazing; omphaloskepsis (literally, the contemplation of one's navel, which is an idiom usually meaning complacent self-absorption)
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