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Egocentric vs Arrogance - What's the difference?

egocentric | arrogance |

As nouns the difference between egocentric and arrogance

is that egocentric is a person who is egocentric while arrogance is the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

As an adjective egocentric

is selfish, self-centered.

egocentric

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • selfish, self-centered
  • Egotistical.
  • Relating to spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on one's own location within the environment (as when giving the direction as "right" rather than "north"); opposed to allocentric.

    • Anagrams

    * geocentric

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is egocentric.

    • arrogance

    English

    (wikipedia arrogance) (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * arrogaunce

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

    • Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * arrogancy * arrogant * arrogate * arrogation

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