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egocentric

[ ee-goh-sen-trik, eg-oh- ]

adjective

  1. having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things:

    an egocentric philosophy that ignores social causes.

  2. having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered:

    an egocentric person; egocentric demands upon the time and patience of others.

    Synonyms: self-obsessed, self-absorbed

    Antonyms: unselfish, altruistic



noun

  1. an egocentric person.

egocentric

/ ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk; ˌɛɡ- /

adjective

  1. regarding everything only in relation to oneself; self-centred; selfish
  2. philosophy pertaining to a theory in which everything is considered in relation to the self

    an egocentric universe

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a self-centred person; egotist
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

egocentric

  1. Preoccupied with one's own concerns.


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Derived Forms

  • ˌegocenˈtricity, noun
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Other Words From

  • e·go·cen·tric·i·ty [ee-goh-sen-, tris, -i-tee, eg-oh-], noun
  • ego·centrism noun
  • none·go·centric adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of egocentric1

First recorded in 1895–1900; ego + -centric
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Example Sentences

Larry mocks this “faux funeral” as more than a bit absurd, but it immediately links Albert and Larry as kindred egocentric souls.

A celebrity whose egocentric and grandiloquent pronouncements reveal a potentially dangerous person in serious need of help?

Here again why not follow the egocentric plan of starting with what the student knows?

I do not remember any particular case, but I always took him and considered him as an egocentric person.

Many moral philosophers, those of the Kantian school without exception, labour under the delusion of this same, egocentric view.

Taoism was out of the question as a substitute, because of its anarchistic and egocentric character.

His egotism, or egocentric method, is the fundamental fact about his work.

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