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单词 egocentric
释义 ego·cen·tric
I. \|ēgō|sen.trik, -gə|-, -trēk sometimes |eg-\ adjective
Etymology: New Latin ego + English -centric
1. : concerned with the individual person rather than society : individualistic
 < this literature reveals two main attitudes, the one, egocentric …, stresses the horror, waste, and futility of war; the other, ethnocentric, is aware of the comradeship between soldier and soldier — Canadian Forum >
2. : taking the ego as the necessary starting point in philosophy : viewed from one's own mind as a center
 < the new realist revolutionizes philosophic thought by abandoning the egocentric position — May Sinclair >
3.
 a. : limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs or to those of one's group : wrapped up in oneself
  < egocentric … speech shows no concern for the audience — G.A.Miller >
  < the egocentric policy of France … bears the germs of a new war — Nation >
 b. : tending to self-assertion or self-satisfaction : selfish
  < egocentric personalities, lacking in conscience and feeling for others — E.J.Coventry >
II. noun
(-s)
: an egocentric person
 < egocentrics grappling glibly with the world's most ponderous problems — Saturday Review >
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