attention-seeking

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attention-seeking

adj

intended to make people take notice

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attention-seeking

[əˈtenʃənˌsiːkɪŋ] ADJ → que busca or intenta llamar la atención

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attention-seeking

n → Beachtungsbedürfnis nt

adj to show attention-seeking behaviour (Brit) or behavior (US) → beachtet werden wollen

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Continuously admonishing the "attention-seeking" politicians, the mayor called for them to halt their actions.

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But it's nowhere near as funny as TV channels continuing to broadcast live from a gantry outside Westminster, luring every attention-seeking nutjob in the vicinity to interrupt presenters like Kay Burley with loud, indecipherable wailings.

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But as soon as awards season rolled around again, up he popped, like an attention-seeking puppy, giving his first post-rehab interview.

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Norman Inglis said: "More attention-seeking. Just go and let the others enjoy their time on the show without her trying to grab all the attention."

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But Rehman avoided an immediate jail sentence after Judge Simon Drew QC accepted it had been an attention-seeking exercise rather than a deliberate attempt to derail the case.

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Locking him up, Judge Edward Bindloss said: "You had deliberately chosen to do this for dramatic attention-seeking purposes in relation to your ex-partner.

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Could he be just happy that his efforts are noticed, or do the people who accuse him of attention-seeking have a valid point?

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Ingrained Behavior, when a dog discovers attention-seeking behavior delivers what he wants, he'll increase it to get more attention.

When they demand nonstop attention: we often reward them and they persist, increasing their efforts even more. What's the answer? Clever diversions!

In fact, it is very dif-ficult not to laugh at its leadership's attention-seeking theatrics.

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I can dismiss the schoolboy behaviour as attention-seeking, but for Robyn Lewis to relate the sorry tale in the letters column of the national newspaper of Wales shows a degree of small-mindedness that does more harm than good to the Welsh image.