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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Self-centered

Self-centered \Self`-cen"tered\, Self-centred \Self`-cen"tred\, a.

  1. Centered in itself, or in one's self.

    There hangs the ball of earth and water mixt, Self-centered and unmoved.
    --Dryden.

  2. interested solely or primiarily in oneself, or one's own welfare; disinclined to consider the interests of others; selfish; egotistical.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
self-centered

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.

Wiktionary
self-centered

a. Of a person, egotistically obsessed with himself or herself.

WordNet
self-centered

adj. limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs [syn: egocentric, egoistical, self-centred]