SELF-AFFECTED Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

self-affected

adjective

Definition of self-affected

as in self-pleased

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Adjective

Helium plays an important role in wind, solar and nuclear energy production, space exploration, medical imaging and research.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Education and giving back are important values to the family as the project represents for them a broader impact within the natural diamond industry.

— Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of important

Adjective

Historically, each president's detractors have seen midterms as an opportunity, while his supporters have often been complacent — or at least less motivated.

— Ron Elving, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
But even where that foundational understanding exists, IT leaders can’t afford to get complacent about how technology, and the people who run it, are perceived.

— Ken Feyder, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of complacent

Adjective

Played by Jesse Eisenberg, Zuckerberg is dramatized as a conceited, socially awkward college student who repeatedly burns allies in pursuit of power.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

Instead, just enjoy the whacking of the pompous, the powerful and parents — that’s what Stone and Parker do.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Symptoms include baby fever, exacerbated by the pregnancy announcement of her sister Macy (Zosia Mamet), and an intolerance to her pompous, long-term but non-committal boyfriend Spencer (Finn Wittrock).

— Katie Walsh, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of pompous

Adjective

His tribute to his home in the Palisades is full of rosy reminiscences and a few woo-woo anecdotes.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026
But what really sells Cathy’s faux-naïf act is her flushed cheeks and rosy lips, courtesy of Westman Atelier’s Baby Cheeks Blush Stick in Petal and HydroBalm Tinted Lipstick in English Rose.

— Katie Gunderman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2026

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