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egocentrically

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e·go·cen·tric   (ē'gō-sěn'trĭk, ěg'ō-)   
adj.  

  1. Holding the view that the ego is the center, object, and norm of all experience.

    1. Confined in attitude or interest to one's own needs or affairs.

    2. Caring only about oneself; selfish.

    3. Viewed or perceived from one's own mind as a center.

    4. Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.

  3. Philosophy

    1. Viewed or perceived from one's own mind as a center.

    2. Taking one's own self as the starting point in a philosophical system.

e'go·cen'tric n., e'go·cen'tric·al·ly adv., e'go·cen·tric'i·ty (-trĭs'ĭ-tē), e'go·cen'trism n.
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