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Egocentric vs Ecocentric - What's the difference?

egocentric | ecocentric |

As adjectives the difference between egocentric and ecocentric

is that egocentric is selfish, self-centered while ecocentric is focused on ecological concerns.

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.

    • ecocentric

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Focused on ecological concerns.
  • * 1999 , Douglas Torgerson, The promise of green politics: environmentalism and the public sphere
    • Hay's main concern, in the light of an antigreen backlash, is that homocentric democracy is insufficient for the achievement of the ecocentric goals...

    Related terms

    * ecocentrism * ecocentrist