Definition of "self-absorption" []

• Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. (noun)

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• "To see through false sophistication and teenage self-absorption without despising the other person or feeling smug oneself — now that's a lesson well-learned."
• "I was about to object and say that depressed people can't be good decision-makers (b/c of the self-absorption factor), but your post isn't really about depression."