self-absorption vs self-seeking

self-absorption

noun

  • Preoccupation with oneself to the exclusion of everything else. 

self-seeking

noun

  • The selfish promotion of one's own interests. 

adj

  • Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests. 

  • That searches for a target automatically. 

How often have the words self-absorption and self-seeking occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )