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-centric

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a combining form with the meanings “having a center or centers” of the specified number or kind (polycentric); “centered upon, focused around” that named by the first element (ethnocentric; heliocentric).

Origin:
see centr-, -ic

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World English Dictionary

-centric

—*suffix forming adjectives*
	having a centre as specified: heliocentric

[abstracted from eccentric, concentric, etc]

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Word Origin & History

-centric

from Gk. kentrikos "pertaining to a center," from kentron (see center).

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Medical Dictionary

-centric suff.

Having a specified kind or number of centers: polycentric
Having a specified object as the center: egocentric.

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