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EUROCENTRISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Eurocentrism mean?
• EUROCENTRISM (noun)
The noun EUROCENTRISM has 1 sense:
1. belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans
Familiarity information: EUROCENTRISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belief in the preeminence of Europe and the Europeans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Eurocentrism" is a kind of...):
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
Derivation:
Eurocentric (focussed on Europe and the Europeans)
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