-centric

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See also: centric, cèntric, and -cèntric

English

Etymology

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

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-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, 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.

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