A condition where there are
two possiblities. you have either simple haughtiness and arrogance, the more commonly implied meaning. however there are those who have an equally obnoxious affect, but which comes not from
pride, rather their constant exclusive occupation with their own
feelings. Theirs is not the slight narcissism of the former, rather one who has a graduated notion of the sanctity of their own emotions.
Every
time I open my
mouth, the guy cringes at some perceived insult or lack of regard for his notion of social delicacy. I find when he finally opens his
mouth that he is not totally without compassion, but just that his compassion extends mostly to himself, that he is self-absorbed, and frankly, wretched.