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preoccupation
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self
-
preoccupation
(
countable
and
uncountable
,
plural
self-preoccupations
)
Excessive
interest
in
oneself
.
2012
, Paul Breer,
The Spontaneous Self: Viable Alternatives to Free Will
, page
195
:
Giving up the illusion of agency eliminates much of our
self-preoccupation
, thereby allowing us to listen more carefully and receptively to what others are saying.
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