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egocentric
[ ee-goh-sen-trik, eg-oh- ]
adjective
- having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things:
an egocentric philosophy that ignores social causes.
- 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
- an egocentric person.
egocentric
/ ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk; ˌɛɡ- /
adjective
- regarding everything only in relation to oneself; self-centred; selfish
- philosophy pertaining to a theory in which everything is considered in relation to the self
an egocentric universe
noun
- a self-centred person; egotist
egocentric
- Preoccupied with one's own concerns.
Derived Forms
- ˌegocenˈtricity, noun
Other Words From
- e·go·cen·tric·i·ty [ee-goh-sen-, tris, -i-tee, eg-oh-], noun
- ego·centrism noun
- none·go·centric adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of egocentric1
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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