As nouns the difference between egocentric and egoism
is that
egocentric is a person who is egocentric while
egoism is .
As an adjective egocentric
is selfish, self-centered.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
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.
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egoism English
Noun
The tendency to think selfishly with exclusive self-interest in mind.
(ethics) The belief that moral behavior should be directed toward one's self-interest only.
(nonstandard, by confusion of the similar words) egotism
Related terms
* egoist
* egoistic
* egoistical
Synonyms
* (tendency to think of self) selfishness
Antonyms
* (tendency to think of self) altruism
See also
* ethnocentrism
* misanthropy (hatred of human race)
* narcissism
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