"egocentrism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: egocentrisms [plural]
Etymology: From ego- + -centrism. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|ego-|-centrism}} ego- + -centrism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} egocentrism (countable and uncountable, plural egocentrisms)
  1. The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme. Wikipedia link: egocentrism Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: egocentricity, narcissistic personality disorder, megalomania Related terms: egocentrist Translations (following ones egotistical desires): эгацэнтры́зм (ehacentrýzm) [masculine] (Belarusian), егоцентри́зъм (egocentrízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), egocentrisme [masculine] (Catalan), 自我中心主義 (Chinese Mandarin), 自我中心主义 (zìwǒzhōngxīnzhǔyì) (Chinese Mandarin), egocentrisme [neuter] (Dutch), itsekeskeisyys (Finnish), egocentrismo [masculine] (Galician), Egozentrismus [masculine] (German), εγωκεντρισμός (egokentrismós) [masculine] (Greek), egocentrizmus (Hungarian), egocentrismo [masculine] (Italian), 自己中心性 (jikochūshinsei) (alt: じこちゅうしんせい) (Japanese), 자아중심주의 (jaajungsimjuui) (Korean), 자기중심주의 (jagijungsimjuui) (Korean), egocentryzm [masculine] (Polish), egocentrismo [masculine] (Portuguese), эгоцентри́зм (egocentrízm) [masculine] (Russian), egocentrizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), egocentrismo [masculine] (Spanish), егоцентри́зм (ehocentrýzm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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