autocentricadj.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌɔdoʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌɑdəˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌɑdoʊˈsɛntrɪk/ Centred in or upon the self; making or regarding oneself as the centre.In Psychology sometimes opposed to allocentric adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > subjectivity, relation to self > [adjective]
internal1547
subjective1707
unobjective1828
subjectivistic1854
autocentrica1866
non-objective1865
non-referential1925
a1866 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) 189 Becoming cosmocentric instead of autocentric in our knowledge.
1889 J. Venn Princ. Empirical Logic xxv. 572 I should be inclined to mark the above distinction by the words autocentric and coinocentric... In the one case the agent is supposed to make himself the centre of his own speculation and consequent action.
1927 T. Burrow Social Basis of Consciousness ii. vii. 188 The type of individual who upon the initial stimulus to defence has recourse to a tactic of unconditional retreat..is the autocentric individual.
1959 E. G. Schachtel Metamorphosis vi. 90 The autocentric and allocentric senses differ in their relation to memory, recall, and communication.
1995 Esquire Sept. 192/2 Where the biggest-selling pop star of all time can go from this autocentric hermeticism is difficult to imagine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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