self-absorption
self-absorption
Definition
self·-absorption (-ab sôrp′s̸hən, -zôrp′-)
noun
- absorption in one's own interests, affairs, etc.
- Physics the absorption of radiation by the substance emitting the radiation
self′·-absorbed′ adjective
self-absorption
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- own: He's conscious of thwarted passion and inappropriate response, yet remains oddly distant from his own self-absorption.
- intense: She has caught the note of most Holocaust rhetoric: intense self-absorption.
Noun used with modifier
- synchrotron: As a result, the low-frequency radio emission is affected by synchrotron self-absorption, giving cores a characteristically flat radio spectrum.
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