self-absorption

1. 1.

   preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else

   Broaderpreoccupation

   Narroweromphaloskepsis

Questions about self-absorption

What does self-absorption mean?

self-absorption means "preoccupation with yourself to the exclusion of everything else".

How many syllables are in self-absorption?

self-absorption has 5 syllables and divides as sel-f-ab-sorp-ti-on under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-absorption a common word?

self-absorption is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.