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autocentric

autocentric adjective: centered in or upon the self; making or regarding oneself as the center.

Adjective (1)

autocentric (comparative more autocentric, superlative most autocentric)

  1. Centered in or upon the self; making or regarding oneself as the center.
    • These remarks would seem to imply a shift for the nurse from autocentric controlling, to allocentric controlling, then to allocentric nurturing.1988, M.J. Apter, J.H. Kerr, M.P. Cowles, Progress in Reversal Theory

Adjective (2)

autocentric (comparative more autocentric, superlative most autocentric)

  1. (uncommon, urban studies) Of a city or community: built or designed primarily for automobile vehicles.
    Synonyms:
    car-centric

Synonyms of autocentric

Antonyms

Forms of autocentric

comparativemore autocentric
superlativemost autocentric

Origin of autocentric

From auto- (self) + -centric.

From auto- (automobile) + -centric.

Words formed from autocentric

Questions about autocentric

What does autocentric mean?
Autocentric means centered in or upon the self; making or regarding oneself as the center.
What part of speech is autocentric?
Autocentric is an adjective.

Words near autocentric in the dictionary

  1. autocategorizes
  2. autocategorizing
  3. autocatheterism
  4. autocatheterization
  5. autocellular
  6. autocentric
  7. autocentrism
  8. autocentromere
  9. autocephalia
  10. autocephalic
  11. autocephalicity

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