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Look up: ethnocentrism

  1. ethnocentrism
    [n] - belief in the superiority of one`s own ethnic group
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Ethnocentrism
    the practice of judging another culture by the standards of one's own culture
    Found on http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/wps/media/obj

  3. 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. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  4. 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.
    Found on http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~hsstcfs/glos

  5. 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) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. ethnocentrism
    noun belief in the superiority of one`s own ethnic group
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  7. 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...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/49

  8. 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 cus...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  9. Ethnocentrism
    A home country orientation but with export of surplus production. Exchange rate
    Found on The ratio of exchange of one currency to

  10. Ethnocentrism
    A pattern of increased hostility toward outgroups accompanied by increased loyalty to one's ingroup.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21198

  11. 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...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  12. ethnocentrism
    Type: Term Pronunciation: eth′nō-sen′trizm Definitions: 1. 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.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  13. 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
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  14. Ethnocentrism
    `Ethnocentrism` is the tendency to believe that one`s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important, and that all other groups are measured in relation to one`s own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with c...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocentri



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