Eurocentrism

See also: eurocentrism

English

Alternative forms

• eurocentrism

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Holonyms

• Westcentrism

Related terms

• Eurocentric

Translations

practice of viewing the world from a European perspective

• Arabic: مَرْكَزِيَّة أُورُوبِّيَّة f (markaziyya ʔūrūbbiyya)
• Armenian: եվրոպակենտրոնություն (hy) (evropakentronutʻyun)
• Belarusian: еўрацэнтры́зм m (jeŭracentrýzm)
• Bengali: ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিকতা (iurōpokendrikota)
• Bulgarian: евроцентри́зъм m (evrocentrízǎm)
• Catalan: eurocentrisme m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 歐洲中心主義 / 欧洲中心主义 (ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì)

• Czech: eurocentrismus m
• Danish: eurocentrisme c
• Dutch: eurocentrisme (nl) n
• Finnish: eurooppakeskeisyys, eurosentrismi
• French: européocentrisme (fr) m, eurocentrisme (fr) m
• Galician: eurocentrismo (gl) m
• German: Eurozentrismus (de) m
• Greek: ευρωκεντρισμός m (evrokentrismós)
• Hungarian: eurocentrizmus
• Italian: eurocentrismo (it) m
• Japanese: ヨーロッパ中心主義 (ヨーロッパちゅうしんしゅぎ, Yōroppa chūshin shugi), 欧州中心主義 (おうしゅうちゅうしんしゅぎ, Ōshū chūshin shugi)
• Lithuanian: eurocentrizmas m
• Macedonian: евроцентризам m (evrocentrizam)
• Polish: eurocentryzm (pl) m, europocentryzm (pl) m
• Portuguese: eurocentrismo (pt) m
• Russian: евроцентри́зм (ru) m (jevrocentrízm)
• Spanish: eurocentrismo (es) m
• Turkish: Avrupamerkezcilik (tr)
• Ukrainian: євроцентри́зм m (jevrocentrýzm)

Further reading

• Eurocentrism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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