Eurocentrism

Eurocentrism

See also: eurocentrism

English

Etymology

Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a back-formation from Eurocentric. Superficially Euro- +‎ -centrism

Noun

Eurocentrism (uncountable)

1. The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture.
   • 1993, Cameron McCarthy, Warren Crichlow, Race, identity, and representation in education (page 294)

     The rather philistine assertion of Eurocentrism and Westernness on the part of conservative educators […]

2. European ethnocentrism.

Holonyms

• Westcentrism

Related terms

• Eurocentric

Translations

practice of viewing the world from a European perspective

Arabic: مَرْكَزِيَّة أُورُوبِّيَّة‎ f (markaziyya ʾūrūbbiyya) Armenian: եվրոպակենտրոնություն (hy) (evropakentronutʿyun) Bengali: ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিকতা (iuropkendrikôta) Catalan: eurocentrisme m Chinese: Mandarin: 歐洲中心主義／欧洲中心主义 (ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì) Dutch: eurocentrisme (nl) n Finnish: eurooppakeskeisyys, eurosentrismi French: européocentrisme (fr) m, eurocentrisme (fr) m Galician: eurocentrismo (gl) m German: Eurozentrismus (de) m Italian: eurocentrismo (it) m Polish: eurocentryzm (pl) m, europocentryzm (pl) m Portuguese: eurocentrismo m Russian: евроцентри́зм (ru) m (jevrocentrízm) Spanish: eurocentrismo m Turkish: Avrupamerkezcilik (tr)

Further reading

• Eurocentrism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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