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Choose the option which best replaces the given group of words.

A tendency to interpret all events as being centered around oneself, often unconsciously

The correct answer is

Egocentrism

One-word substitution asks for the single word whose dictionary meaning matches the whole phrase. The phrase describes a habit of seeing every event as if it revolved around oneself, often without being aware of it.

Step 1 — Egocentrism is the tendency to view everything from one's own standpoint and to treat oneself as the centre of all events; in psychology it is frequently unconscious, as in a child who assumes others see what he sees.

Step 2 — This matches both parts of the phrase: interpreting events as centred around oneself, and doing so unconsciously.

Step 3 — Narcissism is excessive admiration of oneself and one's appearance, a matter of vanity rather than a way of interpreting events. Solipsism is the philosophical view that only one's own mind is sure to exist. Subjectivism is the doctrine that knowledge or moral judgement depends on individual feeling or perception.

None of these three describes the habit of placing oneself at the centre of every event.

Egocentrism option is correct.

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