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UK
/ˌiːɡəʊsˈɛntɹɪk/
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[ US /ˌiɡoʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌiɡoʊˈsɛntɹɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
NOUN
- a self-centered person with little regard for others
How To Use egocentric In A Sentence
- First, it was a good thing that the negotiation process was led by a pair of egocentric men whose machismo instincts somehow consistently outweighed common courtesy, common dignity and common sense.
- But some accidents happen because of their egocentric tendency to think of themselves as invulnerable.
- True, we are expected to moonwalk across the vast waters dividing technology from the masses and tiptoe back on egocentric eggshells, circumventing treacherous misunderstandings and political back-stabbing.
- Personally, I find thinking of God in Trinitarian terms particularly helpful in making sense of the notion of God as eternal love, since it is hard to envisage love or at least, a love that is not egocentrical without there being more than one person. Ecce Recensus: The Only True God Persuades A Skeptic
- One can also postulate that much of a child's inability to deal with himself and the world comes from egocentricity.
- They were generally egocentric, were big spenders and worked for their employers for longer than five years before they started embezzling money.
- The other are a bunch of stadium-hogging egocentrics whose lead singer has almost bankrupt the band on two separate occasions due to ill-advised property investments.
- The central goverment egocentrically allocated national resources basing on which clan one originated rather than need. Equitable Distribution of Resources Key to National Unity
- In comparison, I think he felt these poems were too egocentric.
- Carter, who was just 23 when LeBron hired him, has been faulted for ruining LeBron's image by orchestrating such an egocentric approach to LeBron's announcement to move, and the move in general, to Miami. Michael Evans: LeBron James and President Obama: A Comparison