Are egocenrtism and selfishness the same thing?

Question

Just a little stuck if someone could give me a good explanation cheers

Answer 1

In everyday speech they mean the same thing.  Egocentric has a couple of other meanings, though:

Main Entry:

    ego·cen·tric Listen to the pronunciation of egocentric

Pronunciation:

    \ˌē-gō-ˈsen-trik also ˌe-\

Function:

    adjective

Date:

    1894

1: concerned with the individual rather than society

2: taking the ego as the starting point in philosophy

3 a: limited in outlook or concern to one's own activities or needs b: self-centered, selfish

Answer 2

Both words sounds same...........

Answer 3

There are related and close.

Egocentric means my focus is on me and my ego; everything revolves around me. The "center of the universe" is my ego, me, what I think about myself. This theme is concerned with how I think about myself and think others think about me.

Selfishness means that my intensions and concerns revolve around getting things for me, for my advantage and/or pleasure.  What I want, I want for me, as oppposed to others. This theme is more involved with acquisition, usually.