egocentric

See also: egocèntric

English

Alternative forms

• egocentrical

Etymology

ego- +‎ -centric

Adjective

egocentric (comparative more egocentric, superlative most egocentric)

1. Selfish, self-centered.
2. Egotistical.
3. 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

Antonyms

• allocentric

Derived terms

• egocentricity
• egocentric predicament

Translations

egotistical

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: эгацэнтры́чны (ehacentrýčny)
• Bulgarian: егоцентричен (bg) (egocentričen)
• Catalan: egocèntric (ca) m, egocèntrica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自我中心的, 利己主义的

• Czech: sebestředný
• Danish: selvoptaget (da)
• Dutch: egocentrisch (nl), egoistisch
• Esperanto: memama, egoisma
• Finnish: itsekeskeinen (fi)
• French: égocentrique (fr)
• Galician: egocéntrico (gl) m, egocéntrica f
• Georgian: ეგოცენტრული (egocenṭruli)
• German: egozentrisch (de)
• Greek: εγωκεντρικός (el) m (egokentrikós)
• Hebrew: אגוצנטרי (he)
• Indonesian: egosentris (id)
• Irish: féinlárnach
• Italian: egocentrico (it) m, egocentrica (it) f
• Korean: 자기중심적인 (jagijungsimjeogin)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: egocentryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: egocêntrico (pt) m, egocêntrica (pt) f
• Romanian: egocentric (ro)
• Russian: эгоцентри́чный (ru) (egocentríčnyj), эгоцентри́ческий (ru) (egocentríčeskij)
• Sinhalese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: egocéntrico, ensimismado (es)
• Swedish: egocentrisk (sv), självupptagen (sv)
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: เอาแต่ใจ (th) (ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai)
• Turkish: benci (tr), benmerkezcil
• Ukrainian: егоцентри́чний (ehocentrýčnyj)
• Welsh: hunanganolog

Noun

egocentric (plural egocentrics)

1. A person who is egocentric.

Synonyms

• egocentrist

Translations

person who is egocentric

• Bulgarian: егоцентри́к m (egocentrík)
• Galician: egocéntrico (gl)
• German: Egozentriker m
• Polish: egocentryk (pl) m, egocentryczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: egocêntrico (pt) m
• Swedish: egocentriker c

Related terms

• egocentrism

Anagrams

• geocentric

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French égocentrique.

Adjective

egocentric m or n (feminine singular egocentrică, masculine plural egocentrici, feminine and neuter plural egocentrice)

1. self-centered

Declension

Declension of egocentric

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	egocentric		egocentrică	egocentrici	egocentrice
	definite	egocentricul		egocentrica	egocentricii	egocentricele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	egocentric		egocentrice	egocentrici	egocentrice
	definite	egocentricului		egocentricei	egocentricilor	egocentricelor