Eurocentric









Eurocentric


Eurocentric [yoo r-uh-sen-trik, yur-] ExamplesWord Origin adjective

  1. centered on Europe and Europeans.
  2. 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

    1. chiefly concerned with or concentrating on Europe and European culturethe Eurocentric curriculum

    Word Origin and History for eurocentric Eurocentric adj.

    1963, from Euro- + -centric.

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