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ergocentric

ergocentric adjective: focused on work.

Adjective

ergocentric (comparative more ergocentric, superlative most ergocentric)

  1. Focused on work.
    • Today's society is highly ergocentric, with so many people putting their work lives before their social and private lives.
  2. Focused on a literary work.
    • an ergocentric analysis

Forms of ergocentric

comparativemore ergocentric
superlativemost ergocentric

Origin of ergocentric

From ergo- + -centric.

Questions about ergocentric

What does ergocentric mean?
Ergocentric means focused on work.
What part of speech is ergocentric?
Ergocentric is an adjective.

Words near ergocentric in the dictionary

  1. ergoalkaloids
  2. ergobalansine
  3. ergobasine
  4. ergocalciferol
  5. ergocalciferols
  6. ergocentric
  7. ergochrome
  8. ergochromes
  9. ergocornine
  10. ergocriptine
  11. ergocristine

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