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Definition of egocentric in English: egocentricadjective ˌɛɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪkˌiːɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪkˌiɡoʊˈsɛntrɪk 1Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centred. egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self-worth Example sentencesExamples - Maybe that's an egocentric position, but I'm not one of those community above everything individuals - I also care about myself.
- In contrast, the most destructive thing in our lives, the perpetual experience of great suffering, is brought about by our own egocentric clinging to selfish and insatiable pursuits.
- First, it was a good thing that the negotiation process was led by a pair of egocentric men whose machismo instincts somehow consistently outweighed common courtesy, common dignity and common sense.
- He had always seemed blasé and perhaps a bit egocentric.
- I don't want to sound self centered of egocentric, but I was the reason he was happy.
- ‘Ian's just a little egocentric sometimes,’ Gavin replied.
- In comparison, I think he felt these poems were too egocentric.
- Sociopaths are very egocentric individuals that lack a sense of personal responsibility and morality.
- Avoid egocentric tendencies to demand too much personal attention.
- Aristocratic characters were generally portrayed as egocentric individuals with loose morals and a tendency to treat women either as sex objects or as a means of exchange.
- For instance, drug-using mothers have been characterized as egocentric with a narcissistic orientation toward their children.
- As it is, Martin is a dreadful bore - arrogant, self-important and so egocentric it's a wonder he had time to obsess about anyone other than himself.
- Somebody who has a narcissistic personality disorder would be so extremely egocentric that other people would find it very difficult to tolerate being with them.
- You're being a little egocentric, don't you think?
- As a consequence, this prevalence of mass marketing and consumerism has led to a selfish, egocentric culture where one's own apparent needs and desires come first at the exclusion of the needs of others.
- She can tell that he is still the shallow, egocentric man she once worked for.
- He paints the characters as shallow, egocentric individuals who exist primarily to have a good time.
- Are we all egocentric, narcissistic online exhibitionists who believe our lives are so important that they deserve to be publicised?
- Eddie is a nice guy, so we can't imagine why he is so devoted to Gwen, a vain and egocentric diva.
- This makes sense, given the egocentric and selfish nature of these crimes, compared to those of political activists, who often have ideological motivations.
Synonyms self-centred, selfish, egomaniacal, self-interested, self-seeking, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-loving, narcissistic, vain, conceited, proud, self-important self-centred, egomaniacal, self-interested, egotistic, egoistic, selfish, self-seeking, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-loving, narcissistic, vain, conceited, proud, self-important - 1.1 Centred in or arising from a person's own individual existence or perspective.
egocentric spatial perception Example sentencesExamples - Taking yourself out of the picture helps shift you away from an egocentric perspective and allows the other images in the dream to come forward.
- Finally, controlling for egocentric processing/self-referent mental simulation may help elucidate the role of self-processing in spatial cognition.
- In contrast, the dorsal stream is activated more rapidly, is specialized for the guidance of action, does not make its outputs available for direct report, and codes spatial position in an egocentric reference frame.
- Likewise, leadership theory is egocentric, emphasizing the power of the individual.
- The findings from the three studies do not support the notion that adolescents believe others are attentive to and critical of their every move, or that their social cognition and perception is egocentric and distorted.
noun ˌɛɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪkˌiːɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪkˌiɡoʊˈsɛntrɪk An egocentric person. Example sentencesExamples - No one got along with him and he was an egocentric.
- The breezy style is often the work of an egocentric, the person who imagines that everything that comes to mind is of general interest and that uninhibited prose creates high spirits and carries the day.
- We need to make ourselves gentle, peaceful, flexible and tame, rather than being undisciplined, rigid, stubborn egocentrics.
- The other are a bunch of stadium-hogging egocentrics whose lead singer has almost bankrupt the band on two separate occasions due to ill-advised property investments.
- Authenticity is incredibly important in a Blogging Community (phonies and egocentrics are revealed as such pretty quickly).
Synonyms self-seeker, egocentric, egomaniac, self admirer, narcissist
Derivatives adverb So if God is the big center, and then God tells you - through a priest, through a scripture, through a dogma - that the infidel must be destroyed, then you'll obey, and you'll act just as egocentrically as you project that God is. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Because we know we're trying to be sarcastic or funny, we egocentrically assume our audience will, as well,’ he says.
- Because they view themselves and others so critically, they egocentrically believe that others are viewing them critically as well.
- It is my hope that people will learn valuable lessons, calculate less for self-interest, and think less egocentrically, with more humanitarian considerations, so that separated families in all parts of the world might reunite again.
- As people will tend to obsess or view information egocentrically, how objective one's perspective is on this recently conceived information helps apply it to whatever it may be at hand.
nounˌɛɡə(ʊ)sɛnˈtrɪsɪtiˌiːɡə(ʊ)sɛnˈtrɪsɪtiˌiɡoʊs(ə)nˈtrɪsədi Part of the problem is that the egocentricity of childhood means that it sometimes takes years for us to really get to know our mothers as people. Example sentencesExamples - He was an amazing bass player, better than many professional session musicians, and yet he had none of their attitude or egocentricity.
- We discover his alcoholism, his egocentricity, his collapsing marriage.
- If you give charity 100 times, the repetition of the physical act breaks down your egocentricity and engrains the behavior of a more charitable person.
- One can also postulate that much of a child's inability to deal with himself and the world comes from egocentricity.
nouniːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)mɛːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)mˌiɡoʊˈsɛnˌtrɪzəm The movie understands, therefore, the egocentrism that powers the desire to write and the ruthlessness required to see it through. Example sentencesExamples - Studies have found adolescent egocentrism to be more prevalent among females than males and to continue into late adolescence.
- This adolescent egocentrism and its belief systems account for much of the reckless behaviour of some teens.
- But his vanity, pettiness and egocentrism exasperated even his closest friends.
- One often hears of growing concerns about the egocentrism, antisocial attitudes, and lack of morals of adolescents.
Origin Early 20th century: from ego, on the pattern of words such as geocentric. Rhymes androcentric, centric, concentric, eccentric, ethnocentric, Eurocentric, geocentric, phallocentric, theocentric Definition of egocentric in US English: egocentricadjectiveˌiɡoʊˈsɛntrɪkˌēɡōˈsentrik 1Thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centered. their egocentric tendency to think of themselves as invulnerable Example sentencesExamples - He paints the characters as shallow, egocentric individuals who exist primarily to have a good time.
- For instance, drug-using mothers have been characterized as egocentric with a narcissistic orientation toward their children.
- ‘Ian's just a little egocentric sometimes,’ Gavin replied.
- As a consequence, this prevalence of mass marketing and consumerism has led to a selfish, egocentric culture where one's own apparent needs and desires come first at the exclusion of the needs of others.
- As it is, Martin is a dreadful bore - arrogant, self-important and so egocentric it's a wonder he had time to obsess about anyone other than himself.
- Aristocratic characters were generally portrayed as egocentric individuals with loose morals and a tendency to treat women either as sex objects or as a means of exchange.
- Somebody who has a narcissistic personality disorder would be so extremely egocentric that other people would find it very difficult to tolerate being with them.
- Sociopaths are very egocentric individuals that lack a sense of personal responsibility and morality.
- In comparison, I think he felt these poems were too egocentric.
- Maybe that's an egocentric position, but I'm not one of those community above everything individuals - I also care about myself.
- You're being a little egocentric, don't you think?
- Eddie is a nice guy, so we can't imagine why he is so devoted to Gwen, a vain and egocentric diva.
- This makes sense, given the egocentric and selfish nature of these crimes, compared to those of political activists, who often have ideological motivations.
- I don't want to sound self centered of egocentric, but I was the reason he was happy.
- First, it was a good thing that the negotiation process was led by a pair of egocentric men whose machismo instincts somehow consistently outweighed common courtesy, common dignity and common sense.
- In contrast, the most destructive thing in our lives, the perpetual experience of great suffering, is brought about by our own egocentric clinging to selfish and insatiable pursuits.
- Avoid egocentric tendencies to demand too much personal attention.
- He had always seemed blasé and perhaps a bit egocentric.
- Are we all egocentric, narcissistic online exhibitionists who believe our lives are so important that they deserve to be publicised?
- She can tell that he is still the shallow, egocentric man she once worked for.
Synonyms self-centred, selfish, egomaniacal, self-interested, self-seeking, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-loving, narcissistic, vain, conceited, proud, self-important self-centred, egomaniacal, self-interested, egotistic, egoistic, selfish, self-seeking, self-regarding, self-absorbed, self-obsessed, self-loving, narcissistic, vain, conceited, proud, self-important - 1.1 Centered in or arising from a person's own existence or perspective.
egocentric spatial perception Example sentencesExamples - Taking yourself out of the picture helps shift you away from an egocentric perspective and allows the other images in the dream to come forward.
- In contrast, the dorsal stream is activated more rapidly, is specialized for the guidance of action, does not make its outputs available for direct report, and codes spatial position in an egocentric reference frame.
- Finally, controlling for egocentric processing/self-referent mental simulation may help elucidate the role of self-processing in spatial cognition.
- The findings from the three studies do not support the notion that adolescents believe others are attentive to and critical of their every move, or that their social cognition and perception is egocentric and distorted.
- Likewise, leadership theory is egocentric, emphasizing the power of the individual.
nounˌiɡoʊˈsɛntrɪkˌēɡōˈsentrik An egocentric person. Example sentencesExamples - The breezy style is often the work of an egocentric, the person who imagines that everything that comes to mind is of general interest and that uninhibited prose creates high spirits and carries the day.
- No one got along with him and he was an egocentric.
- Authenticity is incredibly important in a Blogging Community (phonies and egocentrics are revealed as such pretty quickly).
- We need to make ourselves gentle, peaceful, flexible and tame, rather than being undisciplined, rigid, stubborn egocentrics.
- The other are a bunch of stadium-hogging egocentrics whose lead singer has almost bankrupt the band on two separate occasions due to ill-advised property investments.
Synonyms self-seeker, egocentric, egomaniac, self admirer, narcissist
Origin Early 20th century: from ego, on the pattern of words such as geocentric. |