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Exocentric vs Allocentric - What's the difference?

exocentric | allocentric | Synonyms |

Allocentric is a synonym of exocentric.



As adjectives the difference between exocentric and allocentric

is that exocentric is not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words while allocentric is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.

exocentric

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.

    • Related terms

    * endocentric

    See also

    * bahuvrihi

    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