Eurocentric
Americanadjective
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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.
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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.
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What Mr. Salonen and company promised and, in fact, delivered was a roster of works that embodied a certain Ojai ideal—modern music that is aesthetically rigorous and largely Eurocentric, formal and, at least overtly, apolitical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
So many of the references are of this very Eurocentric art historical tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
Eurocentric and Western beauty standards, further reinforced by 90s diet culture, also promoted skinny as the new sexy.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
DEI has even forced the beauty industry, which has historically focused on products to suit Eurocentric complexions, to acknowledge that people of color buy makeup, too.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2025
I think Overbearing Eurocentric Patriarchs would be perfect, but I don’t suggest it.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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