egocentric (noun)

  • 1egocentric — adjective Date: 1894 1. concerned with the individual rather than society 2. taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy 3. a. limited in outlook or concern to one s own activities or needs b. self centered, selfish • egocentric noun •… …

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  • 2egocentric — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ self centred. ► NOUN ▪ an egocentric person. DERIVATIVES egocentrically adverb egocentricity noun egocentrism noun …

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  • 3egocentric predicament — noun : the epistemological predicament of apparently being unable to get outside one s own mind because all that the knower can know will be what is present to his own mind …

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  • 4egocentric — [ˌɛgə(ʊ) sɛntrɪk, i: ] adjective 1》 self centred. 2》 centred in or arising from a person s own individual existence or perspective. noun an egocentric person. Derivatives egocentrically adverb egocentricity noun egocentrism noun …

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  • 5egocentric — /ˈigoʊsɛntrɪk/ (say eegohsentrik), /ˈɛgoʊ / (say egoh ) adjective 1. having or regarding self as the centre of all things, especially as applied to the known world. 2. self centred. –noun 3. an egocentric person. –egocentricity /ˌigoʊsɛnˈtrɪsəti/ …

  • 6egocentric — 1. adjective a) selfish, self centered b) Egotistical. 2. noun A person who is egocentric …

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  • 7egocentric — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. self centered, selfish, egotistic, self absorbed, wrapped up in oneself, narcissistic, vainglorious, conceited. ANT.: giving, other directed, self effacing II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Concerned with… …

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  • 8egocentric — adjective thinking only about yourself and not thinking about what other people might need or want egocentrically, adverb egocentricity noun (U) …

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  • 9egocentrically — egocentric ► ADJECTIVE ▪ self centred. ► NOUN ▪ an egocentric person. DERIVATIVES egocentrically adverb egocentricity noun egocentrism noun …

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  • 10egocentricity — egocentric ► ADJECTIVE ▪ self centred. ► NOUN ▪ an egocentric person. DERIVATIVES egocentrically adverb egocentricity noun egocentrism noun …

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