Look up: ethnocentrism

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   ethnocentrism
   [n] - belief in the superiority of one`s own ethnic group
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   Ethnocentrism
   the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
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   ethnocentrism
   Viewing other peoples and cultures from the standard of one's own cultural assumptions, customs, and values. In anthropology, ethnocentrism is avoided in preference for a position of relativism. ...
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   Ethnocentrism
   refers to the practice of judging a different society by the standards and values of one's own. This is seen, particularly by ethnographers, as inhibiting understanding of other ways of life.
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   ethnocentrism
   The tendency to evaluate other groups according to the values and standards of one's own ethnic group, especially with the conviction that one's own ethnic group is superior to the other groups. ... Origin: G. Ethnos, race, tribe, + kentron, centre of a circle ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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   ethnocentrism
   noun belief in the superiority of one`s own ethnic group
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   Ethnocentrism
   `Ethnocentrism` is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. Ethnocentrism often entails the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is the most important and/or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups. Within this ideology, individuals will judge other groups in relation to their own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language, behav...
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   ethnocentrism
   (from the article `race`) Although they are easily and often confused, race and racism must be distinguished from ethnicity and ethnocentrism. While extreme ethnocentrism may ... Western conceptions of magic, religion, and science were exported to other parts of the globe in the modern period by traders, conquerors, ... Ethnocentrism...
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   ethnocentrism
   ethnocentrism, ethnocentricism 1. An exaggerated tendency to consider one's own social or national group as being superior to all others and to judge outsiders by the standards of one's group as if they provided a normative model. 2. The tendency to view other cultures in terms of the values or customs of one's own culture. 3. The practice of regarding traditional, nontechnolo...
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    Ethnocentrism
    A home country orientation but with export of surplus production. Exchange rate
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    Ethnocentrism
    A pattern of increased hostility toward outgroups accompanied by increased loyalty to one's ingroup.
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    ethnocentrism
    ethnocentrism, the feeling that one's group has a mode of living, values, and patterns of adaptation that are superior to those of other groups. It is coupled with a generalized contempt for members of other groups. Ethnocentrism may manifest itself in attitudes of superiority or sometimes hostility...
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