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allocentric

UK /ˌælə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɹɪk/US /ˌæloʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

Of spatial representations: linked to a reference frame based on the external environment and independent of one's current location in it (for example, giving a direction as "north" as opposed to "right").
Concerned with the interests of others more than one's own; community-minded.
Of a tourist: tending to be adventurous and preferring novel and unfamiliar experiences.

noun1

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A tourist who tends to be adventurous and to prefer novel and unfamiliar experiences.
- Simply put, psychocentrics are at ease only when within their comfort zone, while allocentrics are driven to leave their comfort zone on a regular basis. — 2001

forms

allocentrics · more allocentric · most allocentric

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