Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ergocentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: er-go-cen-tric
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Focused on work.

adj

Focused on a literary work.

Example Sentences

"Today's society is highly ergocentric, with so many people putting their work lives before their social and private lives."
"an ergocentric analysis"

Etymology

From ergo- + -centric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ergo
Suffix: centric

Inflected Forms

more ergocentric (comparative) most ergocentric (superlative)

Questions

What does ergocentric mean?: Focused on work.
Where does ergocentric come from?: From ergo- + -centric.

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