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Pronunciation / Transliteration: svayam-ava-shoshan
"उसका स्वयं-अवशोषण उसे दूसरों की समस्याओं को देखने से रोकता था।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The state of being excessively focused on oneself and one's own interests or feelings.
"Her self-absorption made it difficult for her to empathize with her friends' problems." - 2
A preoccupation with one's own thoughts and feelings, often leading to a lack of awareness of others.
"His self-absorption was evident in how he dominated every conversation."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'self-absorption' combines 'self', derived from Old English 'seolf', meaning 'one's own person', and 'absorption', from Latin 'absorbere', meaning 'to swallow up'. The concept evolved in the 19th century to describe a state of being preoccupied with one's own thoughts and feelings, often to the exclusion of others.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-Absorption" is said worldwide
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auto-absorption
Transliteration: o-to ab-zor-syon
"Son auto-absorption l'empêche de voir les besoins des autres."
Selbstabsorption
Transliteration: zelbst-ab-zor-psion
"Seine Selbstabsorption machte es ihm schwer, die Probleme seiner Freunde zu erkennen."
autoassorbimento
Transliteration: au-to-as-or-bi-men-to
"Il suo autoassorbimento gli impediva di comprendere le difficoltà degli altri."
autoabsorción
Transliteration: au-to-ab-sor-syon
"Su autoabsorción le dificultaba ver las necesidades de los demás."
autoabsorção
Transliteration: au-to-ab-sor-sao
"A autoabsorção dele o impedia de perceber os problemas dos outros."
स्वयं-अवशोषण
Transliteration: svayam-ava-shoshan
"उसका स्वयं-अवशोषण उसे दूसरों की समस्याओं को देखने से रोकता था।"
自我吸收
Transliteration: zì wǒ xī shōu
"他的自我吸收使他无法看到他人的需求。"
자기 흡수
Transliteration: ja-gi heup-su
"그의 자기 흡수는 다른 사람들의 문제를 인식하는 것을 어렵게 만들었다."
自己吸収
Transliteration: jiko kyūshū
"彼の自己吸収は他人の問題を理解するのを難しくした。"
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