Germanocentric

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adjective

centered on or interpreted in terms of Germany

Scrabble 21

Meanings

adjectiveGermanocentric (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecentered on or interpreted in terms of Germany

    However, Katz'model was not only Germanocentric, but also primarily focused on high culture.

    2007, Dan Diner, David B. Ruderman, Schwerpunkt/Special Issue, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 291
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    ... Heidegger will cling to a reading of Western history and philosophy that is purely Germanocentric in all its essentials — ...

    2005, Charles R. Bambach, Heidegger's Roots: Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 136

    Still, Grieg's views and practice do seem to imply a mild paradox, at least set against the conventional wisdom of Germanocentric historiography, ...

    2017, Benedict Taylor, Towards a Harmonic Grammar of Grieg's Late Piano Music: Nature and Nationalism, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 141

    The Jewish Enlightenment and the movement for emancipation throughout Central Europe were thus based on the Mendelssohnian and very Germanocentric views outlined above.

    1996, Year Book, →ISBN

Origin

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