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Eurocentric

[ yoor-uh-sen-trik, yur- ]

adjective

  1. centered on Europe and Europeans:

    They have offered insightful but nonetheless Eurocentric analyses of European travelers, losing sight of the larger global context of travel.

  2. considering Europe and Europeans as focal to world culture, history, economics, etc., or viewing everything through the lens of European values, attitudes, and interests:

    The style represented a celebration of Black beauty and a repudiation of Eurocentric beauty standards.



Eurocentric

/ ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. chiefly concerned with or concentrating on Europe and European culture

    the Eurocentric curriculum

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • Eu·ro·cen·trism noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Eurocentric1

First recorded in 1960–65; Euro- + -centric
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Example Sentences

Otherwise known as traditional, cultural design methods unique to a particular region, vernacular architecture is an alternative to the “international style” of Eurocentric homes that took off globally after the first world war.

Overall, the show is a thorough, if exclusively Eurocentric, X-ray vision of fashion.

The curriculum has become only marginally less Eurocentric since then.

I suppose, too, there is a feeling among Eurocentric critics that the Latins received their due decades ago.

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