egocentric

See also: egocèntric

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ego- + -centric

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egocentric (comparative more egocentric, superlative most egocentric)

  1. Selfish, self-centered.
  2. Egotistical.
  3. Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.

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egocentric (plural egocentrics)

  1. A person who is egocentric.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égocentrique.

Adjective

egocentric m or n (feminine singular egocentrică, masculine plural egocentrici, feminine and neuter plural egocentrice)

  1. self-centered

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