Americanocentric

English

Alternative forms

• Americano-centric

Etymology

From American +‎ -o- +‎ -centric.

Adjective

Americanocentric (comparative more Americanocentric, superlative most Americanocentric)

1. Centred on or overemphasizing the United States of America.
   • 1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 16:

     Making Sense of the Sixties used the typical Americano-centric documentary style that avoided a world or historical context for events […] Other countries were mentioned only insofar as they disturbed the insular course of events in the United States.

   • 2006, Norman Davies, No simple victory: World War II in Europe, 1939–1945, New York: Penguin, page 479:

     A very superficial and Americanocentric view of history was a necessary adjunct to the reigning Americanocentric view of world affairs.

Synonyms

• Americocentric, Americo-centric

Translations

centred on or overemphasizing the United States of America

• Portuguese: americocêntrico, americanocêntrico