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ethnocentric

[ eth-noh-sen-trik ]

adjective

  1. Sociology. demonstrating a belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture:

    Sadly, an ethnocentric macho attitude is often mistaken for patriotism.

  2. viewing other ethnic or cultural groups through the lens of one’s own:

    Diversity of cultures helps to liberate us from the tunnel vision of an ethnocentric viewpoint.



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Other yvlog Forms

  • ٳ·Դ··ٰ·· adverb
  • ٳ·Դ··ٰ··ٲ [eth-noh-sen-, tris, -i-tee] noun
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Example Sentences

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Orban has used tax dollars, his control of the media and perversion of the education system to push an ethnocentric, nativist ideology, she explained.

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While liberal democracies remain dominant in Western Europe, that dominance rests partly on ethnocentric foundations that are ultimately at odds with the values such democracies claim to support.

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Some factors include ethnocentric, racial and religious biases against Arabs and Muslims.

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Arguably the most problematic of these ethnocentric myths involves what’s often called the most important invention of the last millennium: the celebration of Germany’s Johannes Gutenberg as the inventor of movable metal type.

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Most important, the Mission San Gabriel Museum confronted its historically ethnocentric perspective.

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