inner-directed

adjective

Definition of inner-directednext
as in egocentric

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inner-directed
  1. egocentric
  2. narcissistic
  3. selfish
  4. solipsistic
  5. self-centered
  6. self-absorbed
  7. self-regarding
  8. egoistic
Adjective
  • And developers need millions of hours of this footage, what the industry calls egocentric data — data gathered from the perspective of a human with a camera to train AI robots.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Any media outlet blindly amplifying Kimmel’s egocentric delusion should insist on proof.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of egocentric
Adjective
  • Chris Evans strikes a fine balance in this film between totally narcissistic and insufferable and also weirdly relatable.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Hence, Lister sees a Liverpudlian woman, Rimmer encounters a fussy hologram, and the narcissistic Cat gets to date, well, himself.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of narcissistic
Adjective
  • Also on Weekend Update, James Austin Johnson portrayed a selfish Kevin O’Leary, the Shark Tank investor who is backing a massive data center campus in northwest Utah.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2026
  • That’s also how Violet is thinking about their portrayal of Maureen, whose eccentric performance art and selfish behavior often give the character a bad rap.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of selfish
Adjective
  • Fried fights a good fight against such solipsistic falsities.
    — Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Trump gleefully tearing up large chunks of the White House and my hometown, trying to install a solipsistic arch, an exclusive golf course, a gargantuan ballroom and a garden of heroes — all to his Versailles-on-acid specifications.
    — Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Definition of solipsistic
Adjective
  • Watts was also hindering the healing process by being insensitive and self-centered, friends say.
    — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The Jordan that the audience gets to know is a bit surly and self-centered.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of self-centered
Adjective
  • Digger is wealthy, self-absorbed, insulated in his own reality, and sees himself as the center of the world in a way that many of us presume huge movie stars like Tom Cruise do.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Lacobs were ultimately too risk-averse, too cautious, and too self-absorbed to build anything of worth without their former general manager.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
Definition of self-absorbed
Adjective
  • As Dylan plays a series of shows, he is also seen in various hotel rooms, cutting down journalists and others with a self-regarding wit.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • The screenwriter, Nora Garrett, has achieved an amusingly florid Hollywood simulacrum—one that tilts into knowing parody—of an intensely self-regarding world.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Definition of self-regarding
Adjective
  • Three hundred high school players gather at a remote facility to compete in ruthless trials where only one will emerge as the world’s greatest and most egoistic striker.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
Definition of egoistic
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“Inner-directed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inner-directed. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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