Egocentric consists of an exaggerated exaltation of one's own personality, until it is considered the center of attention and the center of general activities. In the egocentric person, the imagination and thought are so constantly occupied with themselves and their interests that they cannot put themselves in the place of another person, and contemplate, from the point of view of another “I”, the matrix or the aspect that things and events have to happen.
Putting it in simpler terms, the egocentric puts his personality in the center of everyone's attention and then everything that happens to him and what he likes and needs will always be above the needs of other people. For the egocentric it is impossible that there is another alternative to the one he proposes, since everything he says and thinks will be the only thing that can be valued.
The term egocentric comes from Latin, it is the union of the ego and centrum, which means the center of everything or the center, and highlights the tendency of a person to refer to himself, making the "I" be the center of the universe.
Some synonyms for egocentricity are: selfish, narcissistic, arrogant, and egotistical. Egocentricity is the opposite of altruism. It is a form of isolation and consequently a form that leads to unhappiness, since self-centered people are so self-centered and think that they are so superior that they end up having no friends.
In general, the egocentric is not well seen in society, even more so, he is often rejected by most people, precisely because of that lack of consideration for others and excessive self-esteem and everything that is related to him.
Psychologists emphasize that self-centeredness consists of believing that one's own opinions and interests are more important than the thoughts of others. What the egocentric seeks is, according to his point of view, the only thing that has value.
The Swiss experimental psychologist Jean Piaget (1896-1980) stated that all children are egocentric because their mental abilities do not allow them to understand that other people may have different criteria and beliefs than their own. Other specialists, however, minimize their studies.
