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adj
Primarily focused on the mind or spirit, especially as opposed to the body.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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adj
Of a tourist: tending to avoid adventures and risks, preferring the familiar; self-inhibiting.
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Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, psychology, sciences, tourism, transport
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noun
A tourist who tends to avoid adventures and risks, preferring the familiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, lifestyle, psychology, sciences, tourism, transport
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History
The adjective is derived from psycho- (prefix meaning ‘relating to the mind or soul’) + -centric (suffix meaning ‘having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective. Adjective sense 2 (“of a tourist: tending to avoid adventures and risks”) and the noun sense (“tourist who tends to avoid adventures and risks”) were coined by the American travel researcher Stanley C. Plog in a paper presented to the Southern California Chapter of the Travel Research Association on 10 October 1972, which was later published in February 1974: see the quotation.
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