ethnocentric
- adjective
- /ˌɛθnoʊˈsɛntrɪk/
- Offensive
- According to Tamir, nationalism could be more pluralistic and less ethnocentric than is commonly assumed.
- ethnocentric bias
- ethnocentric attitudes
- ethnocentric perspective
We are raised and it is we are indoctrinated to be incredibly ethnocentric.
- We are raised and it is we are indoctrinated to be incredibly ethnocentric.
- Number two, our stories are medieval, they're tribal, they're ethnocentric, they're racist, they're full of bigotry and prejudice.
Examples
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Teachers may employ other strategies that involve the use of higher-order thinking skills to diminish ethnocentric bias.
Academic text (1998) -
Western social theory, anthropology included, is ethnocentric and tainted by its imperial history and connections.
Academic text (1995) -
We are, in fact, stuck in our ethnocentric predicament, right?
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The problem with all such explanations is that they are too ethnocentric.
Academic text (1991) -
His theories of servitude and citizenship are ethnocentric; they have no racial basis.
Academic text (1995) -
"Bred, like all people, to an ethnocentric worldview, the English saw what they expected to see in Indian life."
Academic text (1996) -
As for the media, reporting of the war was sometimes sensationalized and often ahistorical and ethnocentric.
Academic text (1991) -
In this study, we tried to circumvent this problem by being formal and empirical rather than ethnocentric and arrogant.
Academic text (2017) -
For Italian Pentecostals, the Gospel's Great Commission took on a distinctly ethnocentric meaning.
Academic text (2000) -
Some critics argue that the film's storyline is ethnocentric because it focuses solely on the experiences of one cultural group.
Synonyms
Showing dislike or unfair treatment of people of other races
Being afraid of or hating people from other countries
Having an unfair belief that your own group is better than others
Treating people from one ethnic group better or worse than others
Antonyms
How Ethnocentric
- Offensive
- Offensive
- Offensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ethnocentric comes from the parts ethno- meaning 'people' and -centric meaning 'center'. So an ethnocentric person puts their own group at the 'center', often thinking their culture is the best or judging others by their own standards.