allocentric

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Synonyms: areocentric, acrocentric, anglocentric, allometric, telocentric, afrocentric, phallocentric, apocentric

Antonyms: areocentric, acrocentric, anglocentric, allometric, telocentric, afrocentric, phallocentric, apocentric

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Adjective

[[concern#Verb|Concerned]] with the [[interest#Noun|interests]] of [[other#Noun|others]] more than one's own; [[community]]-[[minded#Adjective|minded]]. {{defdate|from early 20th c.}}
Of [[spatial]] [[representation]]s: [[link#Verb|linked]] to a [[reference]] [[frame#Noun|frame]] [[base#Verb|based]] on the [[external#Adjective|external]] [[environment]] and [[independent#Adjective|independent]] of one's [[current#Adjective|current]] [[location]] in it (for example, giving a direction as "[[north]]" as opposed to "[[right#Noun|right]]").
{{lb|en|also|tourism}} Of a [[tourist]]: [[tend]]ing to be [[adventurous]] and [[prefer]]ring [[novel#Adjective|novel]] and [[unfamiliar]] [[experience#Noun|experiences]].

{{lb|en|psychology|tourism}} A [[tourist]] who [[tend]]s to be [[adventurous]] and to [[prefer]] [[novel#Adjective|novel]] and [[unfamiliar]] [[experience#Noun|experiences]].

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