People and roles

Synonyms for egocentric

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampPeople and roles

concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others

I will never forgive her for her egocentric and shameful conduct towards Gilliatt.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

selfish

Same sentence, swapped: I will never forgive her for her selfish and shameful conduct towards Gilliatt.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for egocentric as it is used in the sentence above.

altruistic
unselfish
braggart

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