Realistic vs Egocentric - What's the difference?
realistic | egocentric |
Expressed or represented as being accurate.
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Relating to the representation of objects, actions or conditions as they actually are or were.
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.
As adjectives the difference between realistic and egocentric
is that realistic is expressed or represented as being accurate while egocentric is selfish, self-centered.As a noun egocentric is
a person who is egocentric.realistic
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A ''realistic'' appraisal of the situation.
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- A ''realistic'' novel about the Victorian poor.