Definitions
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- n. The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. the personality trait that causes one to attempt to get personal recognition for oneself (especially by unacceptable means).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. concern for your own interests and welfare
Etymologies
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Examples
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Preoperational egocentrism is what Piaget called it.
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I'm not sure that 'egocentrism' is necessarily the right way to categorize the phenomenon.
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And that kind of egocentrism is something that we do see in psychopaths.
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For what is normal is to wallow in the mud of individuality, egocentrism and personalism.
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Unfortunately, many of those leaders lie down in the bed of egocentrism and resist “buying” dreams.
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It is another way that American egocentrism dictates what is wrong and right versus objective interpretation of law and scripture.
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Religion is a road map not to some underlying codes hidden in the Bible but my underlying G-dly nature that sits beneath my ambition, selfishness, and egocentrism and strives to come out.
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The egocentrism of this point of view chafes, however.
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It is a way to counter our natural tendency toward egocentrism.
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Colonel Quaritch's attitude portrays incredibly well the dangers of egocentrism and the colonial mentality.
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