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Americentric

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English

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Etymology

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From America +‎ -centric.

Adjective

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Americentric (comparative more Americentric, superlative most Americentric)

  1. Having a North American focus or bias.
    • 1960, The Australian Geographer:
      The third prominent mapping orientation was the Americentric one.
    • 2003, Devin McKinney, Magic Circles: The Beatles in Dream and History:
      Foreigners playing a foreign music, they couldn't assume it as a national birthright, or absorb it in all its Americentric detail.