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egocentrism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

concern for your own interests and welfare

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: egoism, self-interest, self-concern, self-centeredness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: trait

History

Etymology

From ego- + -centrism.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: эгацэнтры́зм (ehacentrýzm) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Bulgarian: егоцентри́зъм (egocentrízǎm) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Catalan: egocentrisme — following ones egotistical desires
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自我中心主義 /自我中心主义 (zìwǒzhōngxīnzhǔyì) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Dutch: egocentrisme — following ones egotistical desires
  • Finnish: itsekeskeisyys — following ones egotistical desires
  • Galician: egocentrismo — following ones egotistical desires
  • German: Egozentrismus — following ones egotistical desires
  • Greek: εγωκεντρισμός (egokentrismós) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Hungarian: egocentrizmus — following ones egotistical desires
  • Italian: egocentrismo — following ones egotistical desires
  • Japanese: 自己中心性 (jikochūshinsei) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Korean: 자아중심주의 (jaajungsimjuui) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Korean: 자기중심주의 (jagijungsimjuui) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Polish: egocentryzm — following ones egotistical desires
  • Portuguese: egocentrismo — following ones egotistical desires
  • Russian: эгоцентри́зм (egocentrízm) — following ones egotistical desires
  • Serbo-Croatian: egocentrizam — following ones egotistical desires
  • Spanish: egocentrismo — following ones egotistical desires
  • Ukrainian: егоцентри́зм (ehocentrýzm) — following ones egotistical desires