self-absorbed

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swé?

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *selbaz

Old English self

Old English self-

Middle English self-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti

Proto-Italic *sorβeō

Latin sorbeō

Latin absorbeō

Old French assorbir

Middle French absorberder.

English absorb

English -ed

English absorbed

English self-absorbed

From self- + absorbed.

Adjective

self-absorbed (comparative more self-absorbed, superlative most self-absorbed)

1. Overly concerned about oneself, to the point of ignoring the feelings of others.

   Synonyms: inconsiderate, self-centered, solipsistic, thoughtless; see also Thesaurus:selfish

   I don't want to call him self-absorbed but he was more concerned with the scratch on his car than the people in the car he hit.

Translations

heavily concerned with oneself

• Bulgarian: егоцентричен (bg) (egocentričen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自私的, 固执己见的

• Dutch: in zichzelf verdiept, met alleen aandacht voor zichzelf
• Finnish: itseriittoinen (fi)
• French: égocentrique (fr)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: selvopptatt (no)

• Polish: pochłonięty sobą
• Portuguese: egoísta (pt)
• Spanish: autoabsorto, ensimismado (es), egocéntrico
• Thai: เอาแต่ใจ (th) (ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai), เห็นแก่ตัว (th) (hěn-gɛ̀ɛ-dtuua)

See also

• inward-looking