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Altruistic vs Allocentric - What's the difference?

altruistic | allocentric | Synonyms |

Allocentric is a synonym of altruistic.



As adjectives the difference between altruistic and allocentric

is that altruistic is regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish while allocentric is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.

altruistic

English

(altruism)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
    • His helping the old woman with her shopping was deemed highly altruistic by everyone, especially since her home was a mile away.

    Synonyms

    * (regardful of others) beneficent, humane, philanthropic, selfless, unselfish

    Antonyms

    * (regardful of others) egoistic, misanthropic, selfish

    Derived terms

    * altruistic filicide * altruistically

    Related terms

    * altruism * altruist

    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