self-entitled

adj

Etymology

From self- + entitled.

Definitions

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

    • Near-synonym: self-important
    • 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.
    • 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.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA