I. |ēgō|sen.trik, -gə|-, -trēk sometimes |eg- adjective
Etymology: New Latin ego + English -centric
1. : concerned with the individual person rather than society : individualistic
this literature reveals two main attitudes, the one, egocentric …, stresses the horror, waste, and futility of war; the other, ethnocentric, is aware of the comradeship between soldier and soldier — Canadian Forum
2. : taking the ego as the necessary starting point in philosophy : viewed from one's own mind as a center
the new realist revolutionizes philosophic thought by abandoning the egocentric position — May Sinclair
3.
a. : limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs or to those of one's group : wrapped up in oneself
egocentric … speech shows no concern for the audience — G.A.Miller
the egocentric policy of France … bears the germs of a new war — Nation
b. : tending to self-assertion or self-satisfaction : selfish
egocentric personalities, lacking in conscience and feeling for others — E.J.Coventry
II. noun
( -s )
: an egocentric person
egocentrics grappling glibly with the world's most ponderous problems — Saturday Review