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self-absorption
(self-absorp¦tion)
noun
[
mass noun
]
1
preoccupation with one’s own emotions, interests, or situation:
she had lapsed into gloomy self-absorption
2
Physics
the absorption by a body of radiation which it has itself emitted.
Derivatives
self-absorbed
adjective
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