Meaning & use

centric

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Centered on, or focused primarily around, a particular thing.

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The startup's design process is famously user-centric.

Critics accused the curriculum of being too Eurocentric in its historical scope.

A note on using this word

Rarely stands alone; it usually appears as a suffix attached to another word, as in 'ego-centric' or 'customer-centric'.

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