Sentence examples for of egocentricity from inspiring English sources

Many readers also thought that what Christopher Lasch called "The Culture of Narcissism" referred to a surge of egocentricity.

John Updike once argued that although fiction can withstand any amount of egocentricity, it is wholly allergic to narcissism.

He proposes, for example, axing the alleged connection between reporting mirrored images in a blot and the viewer's level of egocentricity.

We fail to realize this largely because of egocentricity, according to a 2005 article in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

The report said that the banker displayed "traits of egocentricity, narcissism and a partial disconnection from reality that could be a psychopathological dysfunction".

As most writers know, the best editors tend to curtail those characteristics of the artist which are the weakest and the most self-serving, in order to free him or her from the prison of egocentricity.

Bishop, who complained of the "egocentricity" of a confessional poet like Sexton, found deliverance in gazing steadily outward.

The symptoms of psychopathy include: lack of a conscience or sense of guilt, lack of empathy, egocentricity, pathological lying, repeated violations of social norms, disregard for the law, shallow emotions, and a history of victimizing others.

The failure of the human race to adapt to a world in which everyone has everything to gain or to lose will be the result of the innate egocentricity of each individual born into his separate body, belonging to his separate family, which is part of his separate nation, which belongs to its separate race and creed.

Stymied, the men fall into a state of adolescent egocentricity: We're just jarheads, a tough, crazy bunch of guys, and nobody gives a damn about us, especially the women back home who are supposed to remain loyal but who betray us, and so on.

These days, real names such as W.H. Smith or Walt Disney are out; they are not only old-fashioned but also redolent of the egocentricity that business must pretend to avoid.Today's fashion-conscious company has two tempting trends to choose between.