Eurocentric [yoo r-uh-sen-trik, yur-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- centered on Europe and Europeans.
- considering Europe and Europeans as focal to world culture, history, economics, etc.
Origin of Eurocentric First recorded in 1960–65; Euro- + -centric Related formsEu·ro·cen·trism, noun Examples from the Web for eurocentric Contemporary Examples of eurocentric
Overall, the show is a thorough, if exclusively Eurocentric, X-ray vision of fashion.
In Paris, a Historical Look at Lingerie at Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Sarah Moroz
July 5, 2013
The curriculum has become only marginally less Eurocentric since then.
For My Money, I’ll Take the Al-Kuwaitis
Gershom Gorenberg
May 6, 2013
I suppose, too, there is a feeling among Eurocentric critics that the Latins received their due decades ago.
Mario Vargas Llosa’s True Genius
Allen Barra
May 31, 2011
British Dictionary definitions for eurocentric Eurocentric adjective
- chiefly concerned with or concentrating on Europe and European culturethe Eurocentric curriculum
Word Origin and History for eurocentric Eurocentric adj.