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Eurocentric
[ yoor-uh-sen-trik, yur- ]
adjective
- 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.
- 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
- chiefly concerned with or concentrating on Europe and European culture
the Eurocentric curriculum
Other Words From
- Eu·ro·cen·trism noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of Eurocentric1
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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