adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who is egocentric.
2. 2
   a self-centered person with little regard for others wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
2. 2
   Egotistical.
3. 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.

Adjective

1. 1
   concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

egoisticbraggartcompareconceitedegocentricalegocentrist

Antonyms

All antonyms

allocentricheterocentric

Example

More examples

"Our genetic material is being constantly invaded by small egocentric molecular parasites."

Etymology

From ego- + -centric.

Related phrases

egocentric predicamentself centered

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