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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ego·cen·tric DATE 1894 1. concerned with the individual rather than society 2. taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy 3. a. limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs b. self-centered , selfish • egocentric noun English Etymology egocentric 1900, from ego + -centric. Related: Egocentricity; egocentrism. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 egocentric ego·cen·tric / 7e^Eu5sentrik; 7i:^-; NAmE 7i:^ou- / adjective thinking only about yourself and not about what other people need or want 以我为中心的；自私自利的 SYN selfish
OLT egocentric adj. ⇨ selfish Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: egocentric predicament ego·cen·tric I. \|ēgō|sen.trik, -gə|-, -trēk sometimes |eg-\ adjective Etymology: New Latin ego + English -centric 1. : concerned with the individual person rather than society : individualistic < this literature reveals two main attitudes, the one, egocentric …, stresses the horror, waste, and futility of war; the other, ethnocentric, is aware of the comradeship between soldier and soldier — Canadian Forum > 2. : taking the ego as the necessary starting point in philosophy :viewed from one's own mind as a center < the new realist revolutionizes philosophic thought by abandoning the egocentric position — May Sinclair > 3. a. : limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs or to those of one's group : wrapped up in oneself < egocentric … speech shows no concern for the audience — G.A.Miller > < the egocentric policy of France … bears the germs of a new war — Nation > b. : tending to self-assertion or self-satisfaction : selfish < egocentric personalities, lacking in conscience and feeling for others — E.J.Coventry > II. noun (-s) : an egocentric person < egocentrics grappling glibly with the world's most ponderous problems — Saturday Review > |
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