psychocentric

[医] 精神中枢的, 心理中枢的

发音

UK /ˌsaɪkə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɹɪk/
其它
US /ˌsaɪkoʊˈsɛntɹɪk/

词形变化

psychocentrics 复数 psychocentrics more psychocentric 比较级 most psychocentric 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tourist who tends to avoid adventures and risks, preferring the familiar.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Primarily focused on the mind or spirit, especially as opposed to the body.

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  2. 2.

    Of a tourist: tending to avoid adventures and risks, preferring the familiar; self-inhibiting.

    心理学 交通

词源

The adjective is derived from psycho- (prefix meaning ‘relating to the mind or soul’) + -centric (suffix meaning ‘having a specified object at the centre, or as the focus of attention’). The noun is probably derived from the adjective. Adjective sense 2 (“of a tourist: tending to avoid adventures and risks”) and the noun sense (“tourist who tends to avoid adventures and risks”) were coined by the American travel researcher Stanley C. Plog in a paper presented to the Southern California Chapter of the Travel Research Association on 10 October 1972, which was later published in February 1974: see the quotation.

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