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self-absorption Definition

self·-absorption (-ab sôrp′s̸hən, -zôrp′-)

noun

  1. absorption in one's own interests, affairs, etc.
  2. Physics the absorption of radiation by the substance emitting the radiation

self-absorption Related Forms
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.