Meanings
comparative more egocentric · superlative most egocentric · alternative egocentrical
- Selfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
"They don't realize they're part of something bigger and greater. They don't realize their presence in the world can make it a better place. They're so egocentric," she said.
2018, Katherine Reynolds Lewis, The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever — And What to Do About It, page 68Synonyms: self-minded, solipsistic, egoistical, every man for himself, idiocentric, individualistic, interested, porkish
- Egotistical.
Synonyms: egotistic, full of oneself
- 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.
Antonyms: allocentric
plural egocentrics · alternative egocentrical
- A person who is egocentric.
Synonyms: egocentrist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSelfish, self-centered, self-absorbed.
adjectiveEgotistical.
adjectiveRelating 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.
nounA person who is egocentric.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveconcerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Bulgarian егоцентричен, егоцентри́к
- егоцентричен (egocentričen)egotistical
- егоцентри́к (egocentrík)person who is egocentric
Catalan egocèntric, egocèntrica
- egocèntricegotistical
- egocèntricaegotistical
Chinese Mandarin 自我中心的, 利己主义的
- 自我中心的egotistical
- 利己主义的egotistical
Czech sebestředný
- sebestřednýegotistical
Danish selvoptaget
- selvoptagetegotistical
Dutch egocentrisch, egoistisch
- egocentrischegotistical
- egoistischegotistical
Esperanto memama, egoisma
- memamaegotistical
- egoismaegotistical
Finnish itsekeskeinen
- itsekeskeinenegotistical
French égocentrique
- égocentriqueegotistical
German egozentrisch, Egozentriker
- egozentrischegotistical
- Egozentrikerperson who is egocentric
Greek εγωκεντρικός
- εγωκεντρικός (egokentrikós)egotistical
Hebrew אגוצנטרי
- אגוצנטריegotistical
Indonesian egosentris
- egosentrisegotistical
Irish féinlárnach, leithleach
- féinlárnachegotistical
- leithleachegotistical
Italian egocentrico, egocentrica
- egocentricoegotistical
- egocentricaegotistical
Korean 자기중심적인
- 자기중심적인 (jagijungsimjeogin)egotistical
Malay egosentrik
- egosentrikegotistical
Persian خودمحور
- خودمحور (xodmehvar)egotistical
Polish egocentryczny, egocentryk
- egocentrycznyegotistical
- egocentrykperson who is egocentric
- egocentryczkaperson who is egocentric
Portuguese egocêntrico, egocêntrica
- egocêntricoegotistical
- egocêntricaegotistical
- egocêntricoperson who is egocentric
Romanian egocentric
- egocentricegotistical
Russian эгоцентри́чный, эгоцентри́ческий
- эгоцентри́чный (egocentríčnyj)egotistical
- эгоцентри́ческий (egocentríčeskij)egotistical
Spanish egocéntrico, ensimismado
- egocéntricoegotistical
- ensimismadoegotistical
Swedish egocentrisk, självupptagen
- egocentriskegotistical
- självupptagenegotistical
- egocentrikerperson who is egocentric
Tagalog makasarili
- makasariliegotistical
Thai เอาแต่ใจ
- เอาแต่ใจ (ao-dtɛ̀ɛ-jai)egotistical
Turkish benci, benmerkezcil
- benciegotistical
- benmerkezcilegotistical
Ukrainian егоцентри́чний
- егоцентри́чний (ehocentrýčnyj)egotistical
Welsh hunanganolog
- hunanganologegotistical
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Cite this entry
egocentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egocentric
“egocentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/egocentric. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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