Adjective: egocentric ,ee-gow'sen-trik
- Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others
"I will never forgive her for her egocentric and shameful conduct towards Gilliatt";
- selfish, egoistic [Brit], egoistical, self-centered [US], self-centred [Brit, Cdn], self-serving, self-seeking, self-interested
- A self-centred person with little regard for others
"The egocentric celebrity was only interested in talking about himself";
- egoist
Derived forms: egocentrics
See also: egotistic, egotistical, inconsiderate, narcissistic, self-absorbed, self-involved, self-loving, stingy [informal], ungenerous
Type of: selfish person
Encyclopedia: Egocentric