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ethnocentric

How to use ethnocentric in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ethnocentric.

Editorial note

>They also have no word for “love.”This is the kind of thing that makes the article unambiguously Western-ethnocentric.

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Quick take

centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ethnocentric gathered in one view.

adjective

centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ethnocentric.

adjective

centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

Example sentences

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>They also have no word for “love.”This is the kind of thing that makes the article unambiguously Western-ethnocentric.

2

It's Basicly saying no culture has any value or no culture that differs from mine has any value which is vary ethnocentric.

3

It can be easy to write off WhatsApp with an ethnocentric view, but to hear how other people are using it on the other side of the world certainly adds a new perspective

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It may be hard to imagine that a city that is so cosmopolitan today was so repressive and ethnocentric just a few decades ago.

5

Just as if I accidentally said something which was accidentally racist or ethnocentric.

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This is not blindly ethnocentric, it's the OP's thesis based on a feminist critique of the existing business culture in an area OP built a business.

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What I read from authors like Jared Diamond indicates to me that this is too often couched in ethnocentric terms and was heavily dependent on nutrition.

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Americans, to an absurd degree, are rabidly ethnocentric.

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How on earth is this considered "hype"?That may be all well and good for you, but first, you have a terribly ethnocentric and rather simplistic view of life as seen only from your perspective.

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Is this just more ethnocentric rubbish and typical hostility toward Eastern European immigration?

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> The goal of a country is to allow her citizens to have "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".I think you mean just one country there... Generalising to all countries is a little ethnocentric, no?

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As for the sensibilities of the author, I hope they can get over their paranoia about audio codecs being an ethnocentric conspiracy to destroy "the sounds they didn't want us to hear".

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Also, he's Japanese and Nelson thinks Nakamoto is actually Japanese because everyone who says he isn't Japanese is falling for committing "ethnocentric cluckery".

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Why, thank you. If I can manage to be ethnocentric and hubristic, while simultaneously putting forward the idea that we are unimportant on a long timescale and that giant intelligent spiders might eventually be the dominant form, then I must be doing especially well, even by the exceptional standards of our particular group of apes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ethnocentric in a sentence?

>They also have no word for “love.”This is the kind of thing that makes the article unambiguously Western-ethnocentric.

What does ethnocentric mean?

centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

What part of speech is ethnocentric?

ethnocentric is commonly used as adjective.