Standard Lemma guide

egocentric

adj · noun · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
  • Canada, General-American: /ˌiɡoʊˈsɛntɹɪk/
  • Connecticut Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌiːɡəʉˈsentɹɪk/
  • rhymes with -ɛntɹɪk
  • CMU ARPABET: IY2 G OW0 S EH1 N T R IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egocentric, self-minded, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish, reptilian, selfish, selflike, selfsome, self-absorbed, self-centered, self-interested, self-seeking, self-serving

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Egotistical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egotistic, full of oneself

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: allocentric

4

noun

Meaning 4

A person who is egocentric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egoistic, egoistical, self-centered, self-centred

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a self-centered person with little regard for others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egoist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: selfish person

History

Etymology

From ego- + -centric.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: эгацэнтры́чны (ehacentrýčny) — egotistical
  • Bulgarian: егоцентричен (egocentričen) — egotistical
  • Catalan: egocèntric — egotistical
  • Catalan: egocèntrica — egotistical
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自我中心的 — egotistical
  • Chinese Mandarin: 利己主义的 — egotistical
  • Czech: sebestředný — egotistical
  • Danish: selvoptaget — egotistical
  • Dutch: egocentrisch — egotistical
  • Dutch: egoistisch — egotistical
  • Esperanto: memama — egotistical
  • Esperanto: egoisma — egotistical
  • Finnish: itsekeskeinen — egotistical
  • French: égocentrique — egotistical
  • Galician: egocéntrico — egotistical
  • Galician: egocéntrica — egotistical
  • Georgian: ეგოცენტრული (egocenṭruli) — egotistical
  • German: egozentrisch — egotistical
  • Greek: εγωκεντρικός (egokentrikós) — egotistical
  • Hebrew: אגוצנטרי — egotistical
  • Indonesian: egosentris — egotistical
  • Irish: féinlárnach — egotistical
  • Irish: leithleach — egotistical
  • Italian: egocentrico — egotistical
  • Italian: egocentrica — egotistical
  • Korean: 자기중심적인 (jagijungsimjeogin) — egotistical
  • Malay: egosentrik — egotistical
  • Persian: خودمحور (xodmehvar) — egotistical
  • Polish: egocentryczny — egotistical
  • Portuguese: egocêntrico — egotistical
  • Portuguese: egocêntrica — egotistical
  • Romanian: egocentric — egotistical
  • Russian: эгоцентри́чный (egocentríčnyj) — egotistical
  • Russian: эгоцентри́ческий (egocentríčeskij) — egotistical
  • Spanish: egocéntrico — egotistical
  • Spanish: ensimismado — egotistical
  • Swedish: egocentrisk — egotistical
  • Swedish: självupptagen — egotistical
  • Tagalog: makasarili — egotistical
  • Thai: เอาแต่ใจ (ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai) — egotistical
  • Turkish: benci — egotistical
  • Turkish: benmerkezcil — egotistical
  • Ukrainian: егоцентри́чний (ehocentrýčnyj) — egotistical
  • Welsh: hunanganolog — egotistical
  • Bulgarian: егоцентри́к (egocentrík) — person who is egocentric
  • Galician: egocéntrico — person who is egocentric
  • German: Egozentriker — person who is egocentric
  • Polish: egocentryk — person who is egocentric
  • Polish: egocentryczka — person who is egocentric
  • Portuguese: egocêntrico — person who is egocentric
  • Swedish: egocentriker — person who is egocentric