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Allocentric vs Collectivistic - What's the difference?

allocentric | collectivistic |

As adjectives the difference between allocentric and collectivistic

is that allocentric is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded while collectivistic is of or pertaining to collectivism.

allocentric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
  • Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on the external environment and independent of one's current location in it. For example, giving the direction as "north," as opposed to "right" (egocentric).

    • Synonyms

    * altruistic * generous * selfless * exocentric * geocentric

    Antonyms

    * egocentric * idiocentric * self-centered * self-absorbed * selfish

    collectivistic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to collectivism