egocentrism

Noun

Meaning

concern for your own interests and welfare

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Synonyms

egoism self-interest self-centeredness self-concern egocentricity meanness pride ego greed individualism arrogance selfishness vanity conceit malevolence
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Antonyms

neutrality detachment generosity fairness objectivity impartiality
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Hypernyms

trait

Anagrams

genometrics geocentrism

Examples

Childish egocentrism is, in its essence, an inability to differentiate between the ego and the social environment. Jean Piaget

There is little mysticism without an element of transcendence, and conversely, there is no transcendence without a certain degree of egocentrism. Jean Piaget

Egocentrism in so far as it means confusion of the ego and the external world, and egocentrism in so far as it means lack of cooperation, constitute one and the same phenomenon. Jean Piaget

Bourgeois morality tries to maintain an illusion of altruism, whereas in all other areas bourgeois thinking has long since assumed a theoretical as well as an economic egocentrism. Peter Sloterdijk

Egocentrism appears to us as a form of behavior intermediate between purely individual and socialized behavior. Jean Piaget

Close letter words and terms

egocentric viewpoint egocentrically egocentricity egocentrist egocidal egocide