self-centered

adj

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- English centered English self-centered From self- + centered.

1. Egotistically obsessed with oneself.
2. Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic.

   “[A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.”