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Eurocentrism
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eurocentrism
English
Alternative forms
en eurocentrism
Etymology
Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a en Eurocentric 1. Superficially en Euro centrism
Pronunciation
en
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eurocentrism.wav Southern England
Noun
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The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture.
en 1993 Cameron McCarthy; Warren Crichlow Race, identity, and representation in education 294 The rather philistine assertion of Eurocentrism and Westernness on the part of conservative educators
European ethnocentrism.
Holonyms
en Westcentrism
Related terms
en Eurocentric
Translations
practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
Arabic: ar مَرْكَزِيَّة أُورُوبِّيَّة f markaziyya ʔūrūbbiyya
Armenian: hy եվրոպակենտրոնություն
Azerbaijani: az avropamərkəzçilik, az avrosentrizm
Belarusian: be еўрацэнтры́зм m
Bengali: bn ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিকতা
Bulgarian: bg евроцентри́зъм m
Catalan: ca eurocentrisme m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 歐洲中心主義 ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì
Czech: cs eurocentrismus m
Danish: da eurocentrisme c
Dutch: nl eurocentrisme n
Finnish: fi eurooppakeskeisyys, fi eurosentrismi
French: fr européocentrisme m, fr eurocentrisme m
Galician: gl eurocentrismo m
Georgian: ka ევროცენტრიზმი
German: de Eurozentrismus m
Greek: el ευρωκεντρισμός m
Hungarian: hu eurocentrizmus
Italian: it eurocentrismo m
Japanese: ja ヨーロッパ中心主義 ヨーロッパちゅうしんしゅぎ, Yōroppa chūshin shugi, ja 欧州中心主義 おうしゅうちゅうしんしゅぎ, Ōshū chūshin shugi
Lithuanian: lt eurocentrizmas m
Macedonian: mk евроцентризам m
Persian: fa اروپامحوری orupâmehvari
Polish: pl eurocentryzm m-in, pl europocentryzm m-in
Portuguese: pt eurocentrismo m
Russian: ru евроцентри́зм m
Spanish: es eurocentrismo m
Turkish: tr Avrupamerkezcilik
Ukrainian: uk євроцентри́зм m
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