ethnocentric
adjective
eth·no·cen·tric
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Definition of ethnocentric
: characterized by or based on the attitude that one's own group is superior
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Other Words from ethnocentric
ethnocentricity
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noun
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Examples of ethnocentric in a Sentence
The review was criticized for its ethnocentric bias.
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Both were ineffectual, weighed down by ethnocentric divisions between the Akan and the Ga, and dominated by lawyers and wealthy merchants. — Akwasi Kwarteng Amoako-gyampah, Quartz Africa, "The “tragic error” that led to Kwame Nkrumah becoming one of Africa’s great independence leaders," 7 Aug. 2019 That sort of ethnocentric cry, designed to stifle dissent and rally a political base, has helped fuel totalitarianism around the world. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, The Mercury News, "Editorial: Trump’s racist tweets designed to divide the nation," 18 July 2019 The people of Refugio have a strong, ethnocentric identity and a grit and determination born of being raised in harder times than these. — Carmen K. Sisson, The Christian Science Monitor, "Grit and the gridiron rescue a town," 18 Oct. 2017 His Ba'ath Party is fiercely nationalist and ethnocentric, focused on the promotion of Arab identity. — Liz Sly, Washington Post, "Syria’s Assad has become an icon of the far right in America," 13 Aug. 2017 The ethnocentric responses reflected by the poll are not unusual. — David Filipov, Washington Post, "For Russians, Stalin is the ‘most outstanding’ figure in world history, followed by Putin," 26 June 2017 Didn’t the insanely popular racial and gender diversity of America’s Next Top Model give birth to the ethnocentric buffoonery and latent bigotry of Jersey Shore and Duck Dynasty? — Jason Johnson, The Root, "Yes, Trump Voters Will Stick With Him Forever," 24 May 2017 Many of his critics have identified it as a desire to upend the international order that was established after the Second World War, and to replace it with a protectionist, ethnocentric model— — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, "Steve Bannon Is Losing to the Globalists," 6 Apr. 2017 Ethnocentric suspicions of minority groups in general, and attitudes about blacks in particular, influence whites’ opinions about many issues. — Toni Monkovic, New York Times, "Why Donald Trump Has Done Worse in Mostly White States," 8 Mar. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ethnocentric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for ethnocentric
ethnocentric
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of ethnocentric
disapproving
: having or based on the idea that your own group or culture is better or more important than others
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