egocentric

Etymology

ego- + -centric

adj

  1. selfish, self-centered
  2. Egotistical.
  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.

noun

  1. A person who is egocentric.

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