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self-absorption
OXFORD DICTIONARY
self-absorption, n.
1 absorption in oneself.
2 Physics the absorption, by a body, of radiation emitted within it.
1 absorption in oneself.
2 Physics the absorption, by a body, of radiation emitted within it.
Derivative
self-absorbed adj.
THESAURUS
self-absorption
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