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EGOCENTRIC

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A self-centered person with little regard for others

Synonyms:

egocentric; egoist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("egocentric" is a kind of...):

selfish person (a person who is unusually selfish)

Derivation:

egocentric (limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs

Synonyms:

egocentric; egoistic; egoistical; self-centered; self-centred

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

self-absorbed; self-involved (absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc)

Also:

selfish (concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others)

Derivation:

egocentric (a self-centered person with little regard for others)

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