Eurocentrism
noun[U]
usuallydisapproving(alsoeurocentrism)uk/ˌjʊə.rəʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/us/ˌjʊr.oʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/thefactofseeingthings from thepointofviewofEuropeorEuropeanpeople; thefactofconsideringEuropeor Europeans to be the mostimportant:
Questions ofrace,colonialism, and Eurocentrism are nowprominentinculturalstudies.
Shecriticizedthe Eurocentrism of thereadinglist.
- Because ofaccusationsof Eurocentrism inouroriginallist,placeslike Venice and Athens may have beenmissedoff the newlistwhen they really should have beenincluded.
- It is soeasytofallinto thetrapof Eurocentrism whendevisingacurriculum.
- He isconcernedfor thefutureof therichdiversityofAfricanlanguagesin anenvironmentofglobalizationand Eurocentrism.
- Can we besureourattitudeto thesechildrenis notinfluencedbyracismand eurocentrism?
- Peopleassumewe shouldattackEurocentrism, and hewantstodefendit.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- discriminate
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- partial
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
- unevenly
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