Anglocentrism
noun[U]
usuallydisapproving(alsoanglocentrism)uk/ˌæŋ.ɡləʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/us/ˌæŋ.ɡloʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/thefactofseeingthings from thepointofviewofEnglandorEnglishpeople; theideathatEnglandorEnglishpeopleare the mostimportant:
SomeScottishviewershavecomplainedabout what theyseeas the BBC's Anglocentrism.
thefactofconsideringtheEnglishlanguageor English-speakingcultureto be the mostimportant, or ofexpectingeverything to be inEnglish:
Through Anglocentrism "English" came to beunderstoodas thestudyof allworldliterature.
- There's anelementof Anglocentrism in theseries, but it does make somementionof Americanlegendssuch as Arthur Miller and Stephen Sondheim.
- Although theyfocusonBritain, theauthorsarecriticalof anglocentrism and makefrequentreferencesto France, the Netherlands and otherpartsofEurope.
- Webelievethefieldofcontemporarylinguisticsishamperedby Anglocentrism.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- ethnocentric
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- partial
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
- unevenly
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