egocentric

[ ee-goh-sen-trik, eg-oh- ]

adjective

1. having or regarding the self or the individual as the center of all things:

   an egocentric philosophy that ignores social causes.

2. having little or no regard for interests, beliefs, or attitudes other than one's own; self-centered:

   an egocentric person; egocentric demands upon the time and patience of others.

   Synonyms: self-obsessed, self-absorbed

   Antonyms: unselfish, altruistic

noun

1. an egocentric person.

egocentric

/ ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk; ˌɛɡ- /

adjective

1. regarding everything only in relation to oneself; self-centred; selfish
2. philosophy pertaining to a theory in which everything is considered in relation to the self

   an egocentric universe

noun

1. a self-centred person; egotist

egocentric

1. Preoccupied with one's own concerns.

Derived Forms

• ˌegocenˈtricity, noun

Other Words From

• e·go·cen·tric·i·ty [ee-goh-sen-, tris, -i-tee, eg-oh-], noun
• ego·centrism noun
• none·go·centric adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of egocentric¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; ego + -centric

Example Sentences

As decades of animated Disney movies have taught us, antagonists generally get the best musical numbers, with the freedom to be as egocentric and bombastic as, well, the Joker of the 2019 movie.

From Los Angeles Times

Villarreal: When people think of Hollywood agents, we sort of associate it with fictional figures like Ari Gold from “Entourage” — this ball-breaking, fast-talking, egocentric guy.

From Los Angeles Times

"We hypothesize that infants' visual learning depends on location perception. In order to generate an egocentric dataset with spatiotemporal information, we set up virtual environments in the ThreeDWorld platform, which is a high-fidelity, interactive, 3D physical simulation environment. This allowed us to manipulate and measure the location of viewing cameras as if a child was walking through a house," Zhu added.

From Science Daily

“Small children are very egocentric, they usually experience emotions that their parents have as having something to do with them,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

David Frum of The Atlantic argued that Trump's egocentric campaign is "self-sabotaging."

From Salon

Related Words

• individualistic
• narcissistic
• pompous
• self-absorbed
• self-centered
• self-serving
• selfish