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   egocentric

   /ˌɛɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/

   adjective

   • 1. thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centred: "egocentric loners with an overinflated sense of self-worth"
   • ▪ centred in or arising from a person's own individual existence or perspective: "egocentric spatial perception"

   noun

   • 1. an egocentric person.

   Word Origin early 20th century: from ego, on the pattern of words such as geocentric.

   Derivatives

   • 1. egocentrically adverb
   • 2. egocentricity noun
   • 3. egocentrism noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

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