English Explanatory Dictionary

ethnocentrism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.

Pronunciation

ĕth'nō-sĕn'trĭz'əm /ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethnocentrism.wav

Word forms

ethnocentrism ethnocentrisms

Etymology

From ethno- + -centrism.

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