Eurocentrism

See also: eurocentrism

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Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a back-formation from Eurocentric. Superficially Euro- +‎ -centrism

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Eurocentrism (uncountable)

  1. The practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture.
    • 1993, Cameron McCarthy, Warren Crichlow, Race, identity, and representation in education, page 294:
      The rather philistine assertion of Eurocentrism and Westernness on the part of conservative educators […]
  2. European ethnocentrism.

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