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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

autoabsorción

Pronunciation / Transliteration: autoβsoɾˈsjon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Self-obsession/ˌsɛlf.əbˈsɛʃ.ən/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La autoabsorción del actor era evidente en cada entrevista."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An excessive preoccupation with oneself, one's own needs, appearance, or interests.

    "His constant talking about his own achievements revealed a deep-seated self-obsession."
  2. 2

    A state of being continually absorbed in one's own thoughts to the exclusion of others.

    "The era of social media has often been criticized for fostering a culture of profound self-obsession."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term is a nineteenth-century compound combining the reflexive prefix 'self-', originating from Proto-Germanic *selbaz, with the noun 'obsession', derived from the Latin 'obsessio' (a besieging), from 'obsidere' (to sit upon or blockade). Initially used in psychological and literary contexts, it evolved to describe a consuming preoccupation with one's own personality, appearance, or interests.

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