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Selfless vs Allocentric - What's the difference?

selfless | allocentric | Synonyms |

Selfless is a synonym of allocentric.


As adjectives the difference between selfless and allocentric

is that selfless is having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish while allocentric is concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.

selfless

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself but for others; unselfish.
  • In a selfless act of gratitude for saving his mother's life, Peter committed to giving money to his local breast cancer charity each year for the rest of his life.

    Derived terms

    * selflessness

    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