self-entitled

comparative more self-entitled · superlative most self-entitled

1. Having a baseless sense of self-importance and of deserving special consideration.

   Near-synonym: self-important

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   Although the patient may evidence attitudes of self-entitled indulgence coexisting with these ideals of generosity and altruistic self-denial, the appeal to the ideals (if skillfully made) may serve the therapeutic purposes well.

   2004 [1998], Althea J. Horner, Object Relations and the Developing Ego in Therapy, second edition, Rowman & Littlefield, page 237

   But to keep up the show in front of her 75 guests, Lorraine needed to become intoxicated and thus not apparently responsible for her self-entitled show-off behavior.

   1995, John Oldham, Lois B. Morris, The New Personality Self-Portrait: Why You Think, Work, Love and Act the Way You Do, Random House, page 322

   The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitive — And Why It Matters for Everyone (booktitle)

   2013, Kibeom Lee, Michael C. Ashton, The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitive — And Why It Matters for Everyone, Wilfrid Laurier University Press

   Synonyms: self-important · Antonyms: self-deprecating