egocentric

English

Etymology

ego +‎ -centric

Adjective

egocentric (comparative more egocentric, superlative most egocentric)

selfish, self-centered
Egotistical.
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.

Synonyms

(self-centered): self-minded

Translations

egotistical

Catalan: egocèntric (ca)
Dutch: egocentrisch (nl)
Finnish: itsekeskeinen (fi)
French: égocentrique (fr)
Galician: egocéntrico (gl)
German: egozentrisch (de)
Hebrew: אגוצנטרי‎ (he)
Irish: féinlárnach

Italian: egocentrico (it)
Polish: egocentryczny (pl)
Portuguese: egocêntrico (pt)
Russian: эгоцентри́чный (ru) (egocentríčnyj)
Spanish: egocéntrico
Swedish: egocentrisk (sv)
Turkish: benci (tr), benmerkezcil

Noun

egocentric (plural egocentrics)

A person who is egocentric.

Translations

person who is egocentric

Bulgarian: егоцентрик m (egotsentri'k)
Galician: egocéntrico (gl)
German: Egozentriker m

Polish: egocentryk (pl) m, egocentryczka f
Portuguese: egocêntrico (pt) m

Anagrams

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