autocentric

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Etymology[edit]

auto- +‎ -centric

Adjective[edit]

autocentric (comparative more autocentric, superlative most autocentric)

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

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