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logocentric

Syllabification: (lo·go·cen·tric)
Definition of logocentric

adjective

  • regarding words and language as a fundamental expression of an external reality (especially applied as a negative term to traditional Western thought by postmodernist critics).

Derivatives

logocentrism

Pronunciation: /-ˌtrizəm/
noun

Origin:

1930s: from Greek logos 'word, reason' + -centric

logocentric in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of logocentric in the British & World English dictionary