autocentrismn.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌɔdəˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɔdoʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdəˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, /ˌɑdoʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/ The state or quality of being autocentric.
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the mind > mental capacity > consciousness > subjectivity, relation to self > [noun]
subjectiveness1826
subjectivitya1834
autocentrism1884
1884 Jrnl. Sci. May 271 Mankind begins with Geocentrism, passed onward through Heliocentrism to the conception of an uncentred Universe, and must now reconcile their conflicting impulses in Autocentrism.
1931 K. E. Kirk Vision of God 489 As long ago as 1906, he had fixed upon ‘autocentrism’ as the clue to the complexities of Newman's character.
1991 S. Svebak in Stress & Anxiety 13 xvi. 222 In..autocentrism, pleasure and displeasure derive from what happens to oneself rather than from what happens to someone else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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