Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heterocentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: het-e-ro-cen-tric
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having different or multiple centres.

adj

Focused on other people, as opposed to the self.

adj

Having a heterosexual bias or basis.

Example Sentences

"The purpose of this paper is to develop a complete and general theory of aperture referral in linear optics for dioptric systems that may be heterocentric and astigmatic. Apertures may be elliptical and decentred. Referral transforms the geometry of an aperture."
"The satisfaction one desires from the action is due either to the value which the action has directly for the doer or to the value which it has in producing satisfaction in others. The active attitude, then, is either egocentric or heterocentric."

Etymology

From hetero- + -centric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: hetero
Suffix: centric

Inflected Forms

more heterocentric (comparative) most heterocentric (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

heterocentricity heterocentrism homocentric bicentric

Antonyms

homocentric autocentric egocentric

Questions

What does heterocentric mean?: Having different or multiple centres.
Where does heterocentric come from?: From hetero- + -centric.

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