Jump to content

-centric

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: centric, cèntric, and -cèntric

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

    Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós, “central”). Cognate with Bengali -কেন্দ্রিক (-kendrik)

    Pronunciation

    [edit]

    Suffix

    [edit]

    -centric

    1. Having a specified number of centres.
    2. Having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention.
      • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club‎[1], archived from the original on 6 August 2020:
        When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.
      • 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 34:
        Decades of road-centric planning and policies have tilted the playing field strongly against public transport use.

    Hyponyms

    [edit]

    Translations

    [edit]