Eurocentric
centered on Europe and Europeans: They have offered insightful but nonetheless Eurocentric analyses of European travelers, losing sight of the larger global context of travel.
considering Europe and Europeans as focal to world culture, history, economics, etc., or viewing everything through the lens of European values, attitudes, and interests: The style represented a celebration of Black beauty and a repudiation of Eurocentric beauty standards.
Origin of Eurocentric
1Other words from Eurocentric
- Eu·ro·cen·trism, noun
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How to use Eurocentric in a sentence
Otherwise known as traditional, cultural design methods unique to a particular region, vernacular architecture is an alternative to the “international style” of Eurocentric homes that took off globally after the first world war.
Ancient architecture might be key to creating climate-resilient buildings | Angely Mercado | October 16, 2021 | Popular-ScienceOverall, the show is a thorough, if exclusively Eurocentric, X-ray vision of fashion.
In Paris, a Historical Look at Lingerie at Musée des Arts Décoratifs | Sarah Moroz | July 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe curriculum has become only marginally less Eurocentric since then.
I suppose, too, there is a feeling among Eurocentric critics that the Latins received their due decades ago.
British Dictionary definitions for Eurocentric
/ (ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk) /
chiefly concerned with or concentrating on Europe and European culture: the Eurocentric curriculum
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