egocentric

adjective
🔊/ˌiːɡəʊˈsentrɪk/, 🔊/ˌeɡəʊˈsentrɪk/
🔊/ˌiːɡəʊˈsentrɪk/
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  1. thinking only about yourself and not about what other people need or want以自我为中心的;自私自利的 synonym selfish
    • Young children are usually egocentric because they haven’t learnt other forms of behaviour.幼儿通常以自我为中心,因为他们没有学会其他形式的行为。
    Extra Examples
    • I find her very egocentric.我发现她非常以自我为中心。
    • his view of human nature as completely egocentric.他对人性的看法完全以自我为中心。
    • He was a supremely egocentric man.他是一个以自我为中心的人。
    • In the film he appears egocentric and opinionated.在这部影片中,他显得既自私自利又固执己见。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: from ego, on the pattern of words such as geocentric.