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centric
1[ sen-trik ]
-centric
2- a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind ( polycentric ); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element ( ethnocentric; heliocentric ).
-centric
1suffix forming adjectives
- having a centre as specified
heliocentric
centric
2/ sɛnˈtrɪsɪtɪ; ˈsɛntrɪk /
adjective
- being central or having a centre
- relating to or originating at a nerve centre
- botany
- Alsoconcentric (of vascular bundles) having one type of tissue completely surrounding the other
- (of leaves, such as those of the onion) cylindrical
Derived Forms
- ˈcentrically, adverb
- centricity, noun
Other Words From
- centri·cal·ly adverb
- cen·tric·i·ty [sen-, tris, -i-tee], noun
- multi·centric adjective
- un·centric adjective
- un·centri·cal adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of centric1
Word History and Origins
Origin of centric1
Example Sentences
In many ways these attitudes reflect the increasingly urban-centric focus of the party.
It was the scene that launched a thousand HBO subscriptions—and one misguided, mammary-centric New Yorker think piece.
Second, the government may be responding to a quaint if U.S.-centric urge to care for its own.
Technically, White should seem out of step with our current pop-centric culture: leaden, irrelevant, dinosauric.
And “Two Swords” was one of the show's finest character-centric episodes to date.
Serious reverses soon followed, and the fatally ex-centric position of the corps in Naples was then immediately apparent.
To my mind, Professor Perry rendered philosophic discussion a real service when he coined the phrase "ego-centric predicament."
But this deep-set theoretic notion had to give way, and the helio-centric theory may, in its turn, have to give way also.
Children of four are not nearly so completely ego-centric as those of three.
He was kind to the poor, walked much, talked to himself as he walked, and was known by the humble sort as "a'centric."
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Words That Use -centric
What does -centric mean?
The combining form -centric is used like a suffix meaning variously “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind or “centered upon, focused around.” It is often used in a variety of technical and everyday terms.
The form -centric comes from a combination of two combining forms. The first is centr-, meaning “center,” from Latin centrum. The second form is the suffix -ic, from Latin -icus, which has a variety of meanings, including “having some characteristics of.”
Examples of -centric
One example of a technical term that uses the form -centric is heliocentric, “measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.”
The form helio- means “sun,” from Greek hḗlios. The -centric part of the word means “having a center.” Heliocentric literally translates to “having the sun at the center.”
What are some words that use the combining form -centric?
What are some other forms that -centric may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form andro- means “male.” With this in mind, what does androcentric literally translate to?
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