egocentric

English

adj
Definitions
  • selfish, self-centered
  • Egotistical.
  • 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.

Etymology

Suffix from English ego.

Origin

English

ego

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