ethnocentrism

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ethnocentrism

  • /ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩/

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From ethno- + -centrism.

noun ethnocentrisms

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

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noun tendency

Españoletnocentrismo
日本語エスノセントリズム esunosentorizumu, 自民族中心主義 jiminzokuchūshinshugi
中文民族優越感 /民族优越感 mínzú yōuyuè gǎn, 種族中心主義 /种族中心主义 zhǒngzú zhōngxīn zhǔyì, 我族中心主義 /我族中心主义 wǒzú zhōngxīn zhǔyì
Portuguêsetnocentrismo
Françaisethnocentrisme
DeutschEthnozentrismus
Italianoetnocentrismo
Ελληνικάεθνοκεντρισμός ethnokentrismós
Русскийэтноцентри́зм etnocentrízm
العربيةتَمَرْكُز عِرْقِيّ tamarkuz ʕirqiyy

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@misc{ethnocentrism_2026,
  title = {ethnocentrism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ethnocentrism},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}