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Allocentric vs Collectivism - What's the difference?

allocentric | collectivism |

As an adjective allocentric

is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.

As a noun collectivism is

an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively.

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

    collectivism

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia collectivism) (-)
  • An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively

    • Antonyms

    * individualism

    Related terms

    * collectivist

    See also

    * communism English words suffixed with -ism