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What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
Theodore Bikel

Meaning of "ethnocentric" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ETHNOCENTRIC

ethnocentric  [ˌɛθnəʊˈsɛntrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETHNOCENTRIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ethnocentric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ETHNOCENTRIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ethnocentric

Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture. Ethnocentric individuals judge other groups relative to their own ethnic group or culture, especially with concern for language, behavior, customs, and religion. These ethnic distinctions and subdivisions serve to define each ethnicity's unique cultural identity. Ethnocentrism may be overt or subtle, and while it is considered a natural proclivity of human psychology, it has developed a generally negative connotation.

Definition of ethnocentric in the English dictionary

The definition of ethnocentric in the dictionary is focussed or biased towards one's own ethnic group; characterized by the belief that one's own ethnic group is superior.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETHNOCENTRIC


acentric
eɪˈsɛntrɪk
acrocentric
ˌækrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
androcentric
ˌændrəʊˈsɛntrɪk
anthropocentric
ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk
barycentric
ˌbærɪˈsɛntrɪk
centric
ˈsɛntrɪk
concentric
kənˈsɛntrɪk
dicentric
daɪˈsɛntrɪk
eccentric
ɪkˈsɛntrɪk
ecocentric
ˌiːkəʊˈsɛntrɪk
egocentric
ˌiːɡəʊˈsɛntrɪk
Eurocentric
ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk
exocentric
ˌɛksəʊˈsɛntrɪk
geocentric
ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntrɪk
heliocentric
ˌhiːlɪəʊˈsɛntrɪk
metacentric
ˌmɛtəˈsɛntrɪk
pericentric
ˌpɛrɪˈsɛntrɪk
polycentric
ˌpɒlɪˈsɛntrɪk
theocentric
ˌθɪəˈsɛntrɪk
topocentric
ˌtɒpəˈsɛntrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETHNOCENTRIC

ethnobiology
ethnobotanical
ethnobotanist
ethnobotany
ethnocentrically
ethnocentricity
ethnocentrism
ethnocide
ethnogenic
ethnogenist
ethnogeny
ethnographer
ethnographic
ethnographica
ethnographical
ethnographically
ethnography
ethnohistorian
ethnohistoric
ethnohistorical

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETHNOCENTRIC

areocentric
asymmetric
bicentric
electric
endocentric
gastric
geometric
homocentric
hydroelectric
mantric
metric
multicentric
pediatric
psychiatric
selenocentric
submetacentric
symmetric
Tantric
telocentric
uneccentric

Synonyms and antonyms of ethnocentric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ethnocentric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETHNOCENTRIC

Find out the translation of ethnocentric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ethnocentric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ethnocentric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

种族优越感
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

etnocéntrica
570 millions of speakers

English

ethnocentric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ethnocentric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمركز حول الذات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этноцентрической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

etnocêntrica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ethnocentric
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ethnocentrique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Etnosentris
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ethnozentrischen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

民族中心的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

자 민족 중심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ethnocentric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ethnocentric
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனம் சார்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मानववंशद्रोही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

etnosantrik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

etnocentrica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

etnocentryczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етноцентричної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

etnocentric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εθνοκεντρική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

etnosentriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ethnocentric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

etnosentrisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ethnocentric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRIC»

The term «ethnocentric» is regularly used and occupies the 61.077 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ethnocentric

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2 QUOTES WITH «ETHNOCENTRIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ethnocentric.
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Theodore Bikel
What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
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Edward Said
Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETHNOCENTRIC»

Discover the use of ethnocentric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ethnocentric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion
Surprisingly, though, few scholars have explored its role in political life. Donald Kinder and Cindy Kam fill this gap with Us Against Them, their definitive explanation of how ethnocentrism shapes American public opinion.
Donald R. Kinder, Cindy D. Kam, 2010
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International Human Resource Management: Managing People in ...
These terms are taken from the seminal work of Perlmutter,1 who claimed that it was possible to identify among international executives three primary attitudes - ethnocentric, polycentric and geocentric - toward building a multinational ...
Peter J. Dowling, Marion Festing, Allen D. Engle, 2008
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Marketing Management
Generally, when a firm is ethnocentric, it looks for foreign markets to sell its current product or. at best, surpluses. There is hardly any or very minimal product adaptation for foreign markets. Some minor changes may be made in the product to ...
Rajan Saxena, 2005
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International Marketing: Text and Cases
... its marketing activities and talents. On the basis of the EPRG framework, i.e. Ethnocentric, Polycentric, Regiocentric and Geocentric, Wind Douglas and Perlmutter have analysed a company's approach towards such global opportunities.3 ...
Justin Paul, 2008
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International Business: Strategic management of multinationals
These states of mind or attitudes may be described as ethnocentric (or home- country oriented), polycentric (or host-country oriented) and geocentric (or world- oriented).2 While they never appear in pure form, they are clearly distinguishable .
Alan M. Rugman, 2002
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The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
Ethnocentrism or ethnocentric attitudes may or may not result in discrimination. conflict. or violence. The concept of ethnocentrism has been supplemented and extended by other concepts in the literature such as "the stranger" and "marginal  ...
W. Edward Craighead, Charles B. Nemeroff, 2001
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International Dimensions of Organizational Behavior
The second most common response is ethnocentric—managers recognize diversity, but only as a source of problems. In ethnocentric organizations, managers believe that “our way is the best way” to organize and work; they view all other ...
Nancy J. Adler, Allison Gundersen, 2007
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Human Resource And Personnel Management
K Aswathappa. International businesses are said to adopt three approaches to staffing — ethnocentric, polycentric, and geocentric. Ethnocentric Approach In this approach, all key management positions are held by parent- country nationals.
K Aswathappa, 2005
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Roadmap to the Regents: Global History and Geography
For example, look at a question that the Regents asked in 1999. The ethnocentric attitudes of various Chinese emperors can be best attributed to the 1 cultural isolation of China 2 failure of other nations to become interested in China 3 interest ...
Princeton Review, 2003
10
Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation
In the United States, ethnocentric monoculturalism appears in the form of White supremacy and racism. As a result, racism in the United States must be viewed as a White problem because it is White Euro-Americans who are primarily ...
Derald Wing Sue, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ethnocentric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Back to the Future: World Politics Edition
... core just 19th-century European ethnocentric nationalism. Moreover, the long campaign to create a “Greater Israel” on the West Bank is just a ... «Foreign Policy, Jul 15»
2
To Win Without Risk Is to Triumph Without Glory
... some had even gone as far as Europe and the Americas in order to escape the persecution of a hateful, ethnocentric administrative ideology. «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
Unsilencing Gaza: One year since 'Operation Protective Edge'
... easily disposable at worst, employing ethnocentric and outright racist tropes to make their point—some specific to this particular assault, and ... «Mondoweiss, Jul 15»
4
Communication a life and leader's currency
Too much writing is ethnocentric or uses ethnocentric language such as the "Far East", "Orientals", and Pacific Rim. Philip Herbst has ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
5
Beware claims Greeks have 'bested' the EU
But it is a simple fact - which can be stated without any allegations of ethnocentric smugness - that Ireland has made a better fist of the EU ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
6
Tread this path
Consequent to the deal, its alliance with the Madhesi and ethnocentric parties, who firmly stood for the Madhes-centric/ethnocentric ... «E Kantipur, Jul 15»
7
Hokkien and Bisayang Dako
It was not for ethnocentric reasons, nor was it racist (a far cry from the way that bookshop owner F. S. Jose wants us to treat his fellow Tsinoy ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
8
Deny Isis its real weapon - our fear
For reasons we all understand, media coverage is immediately evaluated in ethnocentric terms. Traumatic events. First and foremost, the ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
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New Texts Out Now: Marc Morjé Howard and Meir R. Walters, “Mass …
These simplified narratives tend to be ethnocentric, and focus on whether protestors are really like “us”—in their use of social media, embrace ... «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
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The Iran deal and democracy
American involvement in the world has often been viewed by others to be arrogant, self-serving, imperialistic and ethnocentric. Museums in ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ethnocentric [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ethnocentric>. Apr 2024 ».
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