centric

[ sen-trik ]

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adjective

pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
Anatomy, Physiology. pertaining to or originating at a nerve center.

Origin of centric

1580–90; <Greek kentrikós of, pertaining to a cardinal point, equivalent to kéntr(on) (see center) + -ikos-ic

Also cen·tri·cal .

Other words from centric

cen·tri·cal·ly, adverb
cen·tric·i·ty [sen-tris-i-tee], /sɛnˈtrɪs ɪ ti/, noun
mul·ti·cen·tric, adjective
un·cen·tric, adjective
un·cen·tri·cal, adjective

Other definitions for -centric (2 of 2)

-centric

a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind (polycentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric).

Origin of -centric

see origin at centr-, -ic

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How to use centric in a sentence

In many ways these attitudes reflect the increasingly urban-centric focus of the party.
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It was the scene that launched a thousand HBO subscriptions—and one misguided, mammary-centric New Yorker think piece.
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Second, the government may be responding to a quaint if U.S.-centric urge to care for its own.
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Technically, White should seem out of step with our current pop-centric culture: leaden, irrelevant, dinosauric.
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And “Two Swords” was one of the show's finest character-centric episodes to date.
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Serious reverses soon followed, and the fatally ex-centric position of the corps in Naples was then immediately apparent.
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To my mind, Professor Perry rendered philosophic discussion a real service when he coined the phrase "ego-centric predicament."
Essays in Experimental Logic | John Dewey
But this deep-set theoretic notion had to give way, and the helio-centric theory may, in its turn, have to give way also.
Six Lectures on Light | John Tyndall
Children of four are not nearly so completely ego-centric as those of three.
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He was kind to the poor, walked much, talked to himself as he walked, and was known by the humble sort as "a'centric."
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British Dictionary definitions for centric (1 of 2)

centric

centrical

/ (ˈsɛntrɪk) /

adjective

being central or having a centre
relating to or originating at a nerve centre

botany
- Also: concentric (of vascular bundles) having one type of tissue completely surrounding the other
- (of leaves, such as those of the onion) cylindrical

Derived forms of centric

centrically, adverb
centricity (sɛnˈtrɪsɪtɪ), noun

British Dictionary definitions for -centric (2 of 2)

-centric

suffix forming adjectives

having a centre as specified: heliocentric

Origin of -centric

abstracted from eccentric, concentric, etc

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