-centric

Phrase CEFR B2

ˈsɛntrɪk

Definitions

Having a specified number of centres.
morpheme
Having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention.
morpheme

Equivalents

Español-céntrico

Français-centrique

Deutsch-zentrisch

8 more languages

Čeština-centrický

Bahasa Indonesia-sentris

Italiano-centrico

Nederlands-centrisch

Polski-centryczny

Português-cêntrico

Русский-центри́ческий

Svenska-centrisk

Examples

“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.”

“Decades of road-centric planning and policies have ⟳ tilted the playing field strongly against public transport ⟳ use ⟳.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

-centrism -cephalic -cephalous -cephaly -ception -ceptor

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