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Word: Logocentric
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
1930s: from Greek logos ‘word, reason’ + -centric
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌlɒɡə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:
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).
Short Definition:regarding words and language as fundamental expression of external reality
