Ethnocentric
adjective
Thinking that your own group, nation or ethnicity is superior to all others.
The ethnocentric view limits individuals from understanding other cultures.
Often appears as...
- ethnocentric viewpoint
- ethnocentric society
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Formal
Academic
adjective
Judging other cultures by the standards of one's own.
His ethnocentric attitude made him intolerant towards other people's traditions.
Often appears as...
- ethnocentric perspective
- ethnocentric approach
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Thinking that your own group, nation or ethnicity is superior to all others.
The ethnocentric view limits individuals from understanding other cultures.
Often appears as...
- ethnocentric viewpoint
- ethnocentric society
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Judging other cultures by the standards of one's own.
His ethnocentric attitude made him intolerant towards other people's traditions.
Often appears as...
- ethnocentric perspective
- ethnocentric approach
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Misunderstanding Risk
Using 'ethnocentric' can imply negative judgment, be cautious not to offend when discussing cultures.
When you called their customs 'primitive', it sounded ethnocentric.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Diversity
In conversations promoting diversity and inclusion, avoid 'ethnocentric' language to show respect.
An ethnocentric comment could disrupt our multicultural team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Ethnocentric' has a negative connotation; it often implies ignorance or intolerance.
Her ethnocentric remarks on food showed a lack of cultural sensitivity.
Pro Tip 1/3Misunderstanding Risk
Using 'ethnocentric' can imply negative judgment, be cautious not to offend when discussing cultures.
When you called their customs 'primitive', it sounded ethnocentric.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Diversity
In conversations promoting diversity and inclusion, avoid 'ethnocentric' language to show respect.
An ethnocentric comment could disrupt our multicultural team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Ethnocentric' has a negative connotation; it often implies ignorance or intolerance.
Her ethnocentric remarks on food showed a lack of cultural sensitivity.
Pro Tip 1/3Misunderstanding Risk
Using 'ethnocentric' can imply negative judgment, be cautious not to offend when discussing cultures.
When you called their customs 'primitive', it sounded ethnocentric.
Pro Tip 2/3Avoid in Diversity
In conversations promoting diversity and inclusion, avoid 'ethnocentric' language to show respect.
An ethnocentric comment could disrupt our multicultural team's harmony.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Connotation
'Ethnocentric' has a negative connotation; it often implies ignorance or intolerance.
Her ethnocentric remarks on food showed a lack of cultural sensitivity.
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Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
time ago he said it would be the undoing of our sanity and that's exactly what's happening we are acting like fools because of what we see on television and a leader that spends a lot of time on television saying racist sexist ageist homophobic ethics ethnocentric things our students don't it shouldn't have to
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highly technical objects that have functional but not organ AMA cos I'm which takes the facts right ethnocentric uber-cool consumer so what we really hope and what we're trying to are created is get to the other side about uncanny
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The smelly mystery of...
Korea, and other parts of northeast Asia. They simply don't secrete those odorless precursors that the bacteria love to use to produce the smells that in an ethnocentric way we always thought of as characteristic of armpits.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
time ago he said it would be the undoing of our sanity and that's exactly what's happening we are acting like fools because of what we see on television and a leader that spends a lot of time on television saying racist sexist ageist homophobic ethics ethnocentric things our students don't it shouldn't have to
Video examples
Technology worth loving...
highly technical objects that have functional but not organ AMA cos I'm which takes the facts right ethnocentric uber-cool consumer so what we really hope and what we're trying to are created is get to the other side about uncanny
Video examples
The smelly mystery of...
Korea, and other parts of northeast Asia. They simply don't secrete those odorless precursors that the bacteria love to use to produce the smells that in an ethnocentric way we always thought of as characteristic of armpits.
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Quote examples
David Lammy
British Politician
People don't contest that I'm British as a black man, but they do contest that I'm English. Too many people are going back to an ethnocentric idea of what being English means.
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Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
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Rene Girard
French Historian
Paradoxically, we have become so ethnocentric in our relativism that we feel it is only okay for others - not us - to think their religion is superior!
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Edward Said
Palestinian Writer
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.
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David Lammy
British Politician
People don't contest that I'm British as a black man, but they do contest that I'm English. Too many people are going back to an ethnocentric idea of what being English means.
Quote examples
Theodore Bikel
Austrian Actor
What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
Quote examples
Rene Girard
French Historian
Paradoxically, we have become so ethnocentric in our relativism that we feel it is only okay for others - not us - to think their religion is superior!
Quote examples
Edward Said
Palestinian Writer
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.
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