egocentrism.

A tendency to interpret matters chiefly from one’s own standpoint, with limited recognition of other perspectives.

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Words that belong together

• childhood egocentrism
• interpersonal egocentrism

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The task examined childhood egocentrism by asking what another observer could see.

His interpersonal egocentrism made him assume that everyone already knew the context of his complaint.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / character / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: characterization, motivation analysis, behavioral comparison, qualification. Disciplines: psychology, social behavior, character writing. Commonness: uncommon.