-centricitycomb. form
Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -centric comb. form, -ity suffix.
Etymology: < -centric comb. form + -ity suffix; compare -icity suffix.For early formations in -ity suffix on adjectives ending in -centric see eccentricity n., concentricity n., heliocentricity n. at heliocentric adj. and n. Derivatives. Formations within English are found from the second half of the 19th cent., e.g. geocentricity n. The pattern becomes clearly established in the early 20th cent. Compare also centricity n., -centrism comb. form.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2018).