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Germanocentric

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Etymology

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From Germano- +‎ -centric.

Adjective

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Germanocentric (not comparable)

  1. centered on or interpreted in terms of Germany
    • 2007, Dan Diner, David B. Ruderman, Schwerpunkt/Special Issue, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 291:
      However, Katz'model was not only Germanocentric, but also primarily focused on high culture.
    • 2005, Charles R. Bambach, Heidegger's Roots: Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 136:
      ... Heidegger will cling to a reading of Western history and philosophy that is purely Germanocentric in all its essentials — ...
    • 2017, Benedict Taylor, Towards a Harmonic Grammar of Grieg's Late Piano Music: Nature and Nationalism, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 141:
      Still, Grieg's views and practice do seem to imply a mild paradox, at least set against the conventional wisdom of Germanocentric historiography, ...
    • 1996, Year Book, →ISBN:
      The Jewish Enlightenment and the movement for emancipation throughout Central Europe were thus based on the Mendelssohnian and very Germanocentric views outlined above.

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