eurocentric

comparative more eurocentric · superlative most eurocentric

1. alternativeAlternative form of Eurocentric.

   The British government has been more diplomatic but no less pointed, arguing that a body led by the European Central Bank is likely to be too eurocentric.

   2009 June 18, Landon Thomas Jr., “In Britain, an Aversion to Rules From Europe”, in New York Times

comparative more Eurocentric · superlative most Eurocentric · alternative eurocentric

1. Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.

   Typologies of African religious movements, the authors remind us, cannot feed Eurocentric dialogues and disputes.

   2026 May 28, Stefania Palmisano, “The Revelation Spiritual Home: A Sociologist Reads the Book by Introvigne and Šorytė”, in Bitter Winter

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   The present curriculum / I put my fist in 'em / Eurocentric every last one of 'em / See right through the red, white, and blue disguise / With lecture I puncture the structure of lies / Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back / We've got to take it back / Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears / One-sided stories for years and years and years

   1992, “Take the Power Back”, in Rage Against the Machine (rap metal, funk metal), performed by Rage Against the Machine, California, United States: Epic Records

   In the question period, a friend of mine gently challenged [Naomi] Wolf on why she had so little to say about the particular pressures on Black and Asian women to bleach their skin and surgically lift their eyelids in order to conform to Eurocentric beauty ideals.

   2023, Naomi Klein, Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Penguin, →ISBN, page 345

   Synonyms: Europocentric