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

Other Words From

• Eu·ro·cen·trism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Eurocentric¹

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

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.

From Popular-Science

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

From The Daily Beast

The curriculum has become only marginally less Eurocentric since then.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast