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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Holding the view that the ego is the center, object, and norm of all experience.
  • adjective Confined in attitude or interest to one's own needs or affairs.
  • adjective Caring only about oneself; selfish.
  • adjective Viewed or perceived from one's own mind as a center.
  • adjective Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having or regarding self as the center of all things; centering in self; egoistic.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective having an attitude which is almost exclusively concerned with one's own needs or desires.
  • noun a self-centered person with little regard for others.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective selfish, self-centered
  • adjective Egotistical.
  • noun A person who is egocentric.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs
  • noun a self-centered person with little regard for others

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  • Egocéntrico

    October 19, 2007