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Egocentric vs Allocentric - What's the difference?

egocentric | allocentric | Antonyms |

Egocentric is an antonym of allocentric.


As adjectives the difference between egocentric and allocentric

is that egocentric is selfish, self-centered while allocentric is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.

As a noun egocentric

is a person who is egocentric.

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.

    • 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