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egocentric

 
Dictionary: e·go·cen·tric   (ē'gō-sĕn'trĭk, ĕg'ō-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Holding the view that the ego is the center, object, and norm of all experience.
    1. Confined in attitude or interest to one's own needs or affairs.
    2. Caring only about oneself; selfish.
  2. Philosophy.
    1. Viewed or perceived from one's own mind as a center.
    2. Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.
egocentric e'go·cen'tric n.
egocentrically e'go·cen'tric·al·ly adv.
egocentricity e'go·cen·tric'i·ty (-trĭs'ĭ-tē) or e'go·cen'trism n.

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adjective

  1. Concerned with the person rather than with society: egoistic, egoistical, individualistic. See self/other.
  2. Concerned only with oneself: egoistic, egoistical, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-involved, selfish, self-seeking, self-serving. Idioms: wrapped up in oneself. See self/other.

noun

    A conceited, self-centered person: egoist, egomaniac, egotist, narcissist. Informal swellhead. See self/other, self-love/modesty.

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adj

Definition: thinking very highly of oneself
Antonyms: altruistic, humble, modest, reserved, selfless, shy, submissive, timid, unassuming


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(ee-goh-sen-trik)

Preoccupied with one's own concerns.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - egocentrisk
n. - egocentriker

Nederlands (Dutch)
egocentrisch, egoïstisch

Français (French)
adj. - égocentrique
n. - égocentrique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Egozentriker
adj. - egozentrisch, ichbezogen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - εγωκεντρικός, εγωπαθής
n. - εγωιστής, φίλαυτος

Italiano (Italian)
egocentrico

Português (Portuguese)
n., -
adj. - egocêntrico (m)

Русский (Russian)
эгоцентричный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - egocéntrico
n. - egocéntrico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - egocentriker
adj. - egocentrisk

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
自我中心的, 利己主义的, 利己主义者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 自我中心的, 利己主義的
n. - 利己主義者

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이기주의적인, 자기 중심적인
n. - 자기 중심주의자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 自己中心の, 自己中心的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص أناني (صفه) أناني, فردي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אנוכי, אגוצנטרי‬
n. - ‮אדם אנוכי‬


 
 

 

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