egocentric
UK/ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/US/ˌiɡoʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
egocentric adjective: selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
Adjective
egocentric (comparative more egocentric, superlative most egocentric)
- Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
- Synonyms:
- self-minded, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish
- Egotistical.
- Synonyms:
- egotistic, full of oneself
- 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.
- Antonyms:
- allocentric
Noun
egocentric (plural egocentrics)
- A person who is egocentric.
- Synonyms:
- egocentrist
egocentric meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
egocentric in Tamil
- தன் நடுமை, தன்னலம், மனக்கோட்டை
egocentric in Urdu
- خودبین, خودسر
egocentric in Malayalam
- self-centred, egomaniacal, self-interested
- ഞാനെന്നഭാവമുള്ള, അഹന്താനിഷ്ഠമായ, സ്വാർത്ഥതാല്പര്യം നോക്കുന്ന, സ്വകേന്ദ്രീകൃതനായ, തൻകാര്യമാത്രപ്രസക്തനായ, തന്നിൽത്തന്നെ കേന്ദ്രീകരിച്ച
egocentric in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಬದ್ಧವಾದ, ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿನಿಷ್ಠ, ಸ್ವಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕೃತ, ಅಹಂಕಾರದ, ಅಹಂಭಾವದ, ಸ್ವಪ್ರತಿಷ್ಠೆಯ
More languagesFewer languages
- egocentric in Tagalog
- makasarili
- egocentric in Malay
- egosentrik
- egocentric in Indonesian
- egosentris
- egocentric in Persian
- خودمحور xodmehvar
- egocentric in Thai
- เอาแต่ใจ ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai
Synonyms of egocentric
- self-minded
- solipsistic
- egoistical
- every man for himself
- idiocentric
- individualistic
- interested
- porkish
- reptilian
- selfish
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Antonyms
Forms of egocentric
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more egocentric |
| superlative | most egocentric |
| alternative form | egocentrical |
| Noun | |
| plural | egocentrics |
Origin of egocentric
From ego- + -centric.
Words formed from egocentric
Words that rhyme with egocentric
- eccentric
- allocentric
- centric
- bicentric
- concentric
- excentric
- geocentric
- heliocentric
- psychocentric
- acentric
- Americocentric
- Croatocentric
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Questions about egocentric
- What does egocentric mean?
- Egocentric means selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
- What is egocentric in Tamil?
- Egocentric in Tamil is தன் நடுமை, தன்னலம், மனக்கோட்டை. See Egocentric meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is egocentric?
- Egocentric can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce egocentric?
- Egocentric is pronounced /ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ (UK).
Words near egocentric in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: egocentric (page history and authors); egocentric (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egocentric (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); egocentric (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); egocentric (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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