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PRONUNCIATION OF ETHNOCENTRICITY

ethnocentricity  [ˌɛθnəʊsɛnˈtrɪsətɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ETHNOCENTRICITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ethnocentricity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ETHNOCENTRICITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ethnocentricity

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 ethnocentricity in the English dictionary

The definition of ethnocentricity in the dictionary is the quality or state of being ethnocentric.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ETHNOCENTRICITY


anelasticity
ˌænɪlæsˈtɪsətɪ
antiuniversity
ˌæntɪˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsətɪ
high-velocity
ˌhaɪvɪˈlɒsətɪ
hyperviscosity
ˌhaɪpəvɪsˈkɒsətɪ
lysogenicity
ˌlaɪsəʊˈdʒəˈnɪsətɪ
neurotoxicity
ˌnjʊərəʊˌtɒkˈsɪsətɪ
nonuniversity
ˌnɒnˌjuːnɪˈvɜːsətɪ
obesity
əʊˈbiːsətɪ
ototoxicity
ˌəʊtəʊtɒkˈsɪsətɪ
phototoxicity
ˌfəʊtəʊtɒkˈsɪsətɪ
phytotoxicity
ˌfaɪtəʊtɒkˈsɪsətɪ
preuniversity
ˌpriːjuːnɪˈvɜːsətɪ
tenacity
tɪˈnæsətɪ
unveracity
ˌʌnvəˈræsətɪ
virtuosity
ˌvɜːtʃʊˈɒsətɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ETHNOCENTRICITY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE ETHNOCENTRICITY

authenticity
capacity
complicity
cytotoxicity
elasticity
electricity
ethnicity
felicity
hydroelectricity
hydrophobicity
modulus of elasticity
monotonicity
multiplicity
nephrotoxicity
periodicity
plasticity
publicity
simplicity
specificity
synchronicity
toxicity

Synonyms and antonyms of ethnocentricity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ethnocentricity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ETHNOCENTRICITY

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The translations of ethnocentricity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ethnocentricity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

种族优越感
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

etnocentrismo
570 millions of speakers

English

ethnocentricity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ethnocentricity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المركزية الإثنية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

этноцентризм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

etnocentrismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ethnocentricity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ethnocentrisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Etnosentrisiti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ethnozentrismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ethnocentricity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ethnocentricity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ethnocentricity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ethnocentricity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ethnocentricity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ethnocentricity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ırk üstünlüğü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

etnocentrismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

etnocentryczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

етноцентризм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ethnocentricity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εθνοκεντρισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

etnosentrisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

etnocentrism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ethnocentricity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ethnocentricity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRICITY»

The term «ethnocentricity» is used very little and occupies the 153.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRICITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ethnocentricity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ethnocentricity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ETHNOCENTRICITY»

Discover the use of ethnocentricity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ethnocentricity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Effective Risk Communication: A Message-Centered Approach
Spheres of ethnocentricity may be best described as concentric circles of family, community, region, state, nation, and world going out from an individual as the center of the sphere (Fig. 3.1). The closer to the center of the spheres, the more ...
Timothy L. Sellnow, Robert R. Ulmer, Matthew W. Seeger, 2008
2
Principles Of Social Psychology
Recently, many psychologists have become concerned about how this ethnocentricity may have distorted the subject, producing findings which don't apply across the whole range of human experience; and many have been studying social ...
Nicky Hayes, 2013
3
A Systematic Guide to Write a Research Paper
Tools for Data Collection: Two separate, Self-designed questionnaires were used for evaluating the Ethnocentricity and Brand Preference. Data was collected on a 7 points Likert type scale, where 1 indicated minimum agreement and 7 ...
SS Bhakar, Seema Mehta
4
Multicultural Health
Cultural ethnocentricity refers to when a person believes that his or her culture is superior to another one. This can cause problems in the health care field if a professional believes that his or her way is the better way to prevent or treat a health ...
Assistant Professor Nursing and Health Science California State University East Bay Lois Ritter, Lois Ritter, Nancy Hoffman, 2011
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The Dawning Age of Cooperation: The End of Civilization as ...
The Challenge of eThnoCenTriCiTy Using culture as an adaptive tool requires us to keep an honest on-going appraisal of our cultures and not be seduced by ethnocentricity. By defini- tion, ethnocentric people believe their culture is the best ...
Gordon Ervin Moss, 2011
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International Marketing: Strategy and Theory
Thus, a company becomes more multinational as its management thinks more internationally. Such thinking, known as geocentricity, must be distinguished from two other attitudes or orientations, known as ethnocentricity and polycentricity.
Sak Onkvisit, John Shaw, 2009
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Teaching Multicultured Students: Culturalism and ...
Partial. Inclusion. Issues. of. Genre. and. Ethnocentricity. In April 1988, the St Lucian-born linguist Morgan Dalphinis described his own UK classroom experiences on arriving in an English school. Very early on, one of Morgan's teachers asked ...
Alex Moore, 2003
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Affirming Ethnic Identity, Combating Ethnocentricity: ...
A significant challenge in cross-cultural leadership development is affirming the cultural, ethnic and indigenous identity of the leader while at the same time challenging a dangerous tendencies towards ethnocentricity, the idea that his or ...
Paul Borthwick, 2007
9
Migration, Ethnicity, Race, and Health in Multicultural ...
Other obvious clues may come from religion or name. Generally, researchers tend to emphasize causal advances, rather than service or policy advances. One possible reason for this is ethnocentricity, which is discussed below. 1.5.3 ...
Raj S. Bhopal, 2014
10
The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory
[RS] Further reading Grayling, Anthony C. (ed.) (1997) Philosophy: A Guide through the Subject, Oxford: Oxford University Press. ETHNOCENTRICITY A term originally coined by the American sociologist William Graham Sumner (1840– 1910).
Paul Wake, Simon Malpas, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ETHNOCENTRICITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ethnocentricity is used in the context of the following news items.
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Men Delivering Babies: The End of a Two-Century Fad
It is possible that white midwives served black mothers, but highly unlikely in an era and place where ethnocentricity was king. It is more likely ... «Jezebel, Jul 15»
2
Resource Stocks to Profit Off the Global Currency Wars
... as a consequence of the ethnocentricity, but the opportunities to invest in the U.S. in the uranium business are constrained by deposit size. «Equities.com, Jun 15»
3
Rick Rule and Porter Stansberry's Guide to Protecting Your Portfolio …
... as a consequence of the ethnocentricity, but the opportunities to invest in the U.S. in the uranium business are constrained by deposit size. «InvestorIdeas.com, Jun 15»
4
'Raja Saha Ghatakaya' – An exceptional novel
The issues are almost forensically and impartially examined – particularly the toxic ethnocentricity that pollutes and deforms our greatest of ... «Groundviews, Jun 15»
5
Former PQ leader Jacques Parizeau dies at 84
Even many sovereignists were appalled by its naked ethnocentricity. The next day, Parizeau resigned as premier and hardline separatism ... «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»
6
The Long Quest For Multicultural Leadership
Ethnocentricity is seeing the world from one cultural orientation and believing it to be the universal standard — or even superior to all others. «Yankton Daily Press, Jun 15»
7
Fifa corruption: The tricky question of when a backhander becomes …
It is also conceivable that ethnocentricity clouds our understanding of him. Only recently did Switzerland make bribery of foreign officials a crime ... «The Independent, May 15»
8
Lesley Chamberlain on Russia's Revolutions
It was to disdain “Romano-Germanic ethnocentricity” and reject Western claims to speak for a universal humanity. The idea, harking back to a ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
9
THEATER REVIEW Bad Jews
... invites us to cringe in disgust at Daphna's self-righteousness, ignoring the desperate search for identity fueling her ethnocentricity. Ironically ... «Windy City Times, May 15»
10
General Election 2015: 'Nationalist surge carries echoes of 1930s …
But I sense the spectre of the 1930s in the lurch to ethnocentricity in the yearning for those old familiar companions, bias, intolerance and ... «Stoke Sentinel, May 15»

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