Meanings
nounethnocentrism (countable and uncountable, plural ethnocentrisms)
plural ethnocentrisms
- countableuncountableThe tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَمَرْكُز عِرْقِيّ
- تَمَرْكُز عِرْقِيّ (tamarkuz ʕirqiyy)tendency
Bulgarian етноцентри́зъм
- етноцентри́зъм (etnocentrízăm)tendency
Catalan etnocentrisme
- etnocentrismetendency
Chinese Mandarin 民族優越感 /民族优越感, 種族中心主義 /种族中心主义
- 民族優越感 /民族优越感 (mínzú yōuyuè gǎn)tendency
- 種族中心主義 /种族中心主义 (zhǒngzú zhōngxīn zhǔyì)tendency
- 我族中心主義 /我族中心主义 (wǒzú zhōngxīn zhǔyì)tendency
Czech etnocentrismus
- etnocentrismustendency
Danish etnocentrisme
- etnocentrismetendency
Dutch etnocentrisme
- etnocentrismetendency
Finnish ryhmäkeskeisyys, etnosentrisyys
- ryhmäkeskeisyystendency
- etnosentrisyystendency
- etnosentrismitendency
French ethnocentrisme
- ethnocentrismetendency
German Ethnozentrismus
- Ethnozentrismustendency
Greek εθνοκεντρισμός
- εθνοκεντρισμός (ethnokentrismós)tendency
Hawaiian moʻomeheu nui
- moʻomeheu nuitendency
Hungarian etnocentrizmus
- etnocentrizmustendency
Icelandic þjóðhverfa, þjóðhverfur hugsunarháttur
- þjóðhverfatendency
- þjóðhverfur hugsunarhátturtendency
- þjóðhverf sjónarmiðtendency
Indonesian etnosentrisme, sukuisme
- etnosentrismetendency
- sukuismetendency
Irish eitnealárnachas
- eitnealárnachastendency
Italian etnocentrismo
- etnocentrismotendency
Japanese エスノセントリズム, 自民族中心主義
- エスノセントリズム (esunosentorizumu)tendency
- 自民族中心主義 (jiminzokuchūshinshugi)tendency
Latin ethnocentrismus
- ethnocentrismustendency
Lithuanian etnocentrizmas
- etnocentrizmastendency
Polish etnocentryzm
- etnocentryzmtendency
Portuguese etnocentrismo
- etnocentrismotendency
Russian этноцентри́зм
- этноцентри́зм (etnocentrízm)tendency
Slovak etnocentrizmus
- etnocentrizmustendency
Spanish etnocentrismo
- etnocentrismotendency
Swedish etnocentrism
- etnocentrismtendency
Ukrainian етноцентри́зм
- етноцентри́зм (etnocentrýzm)tendency
Cite this entry
APA
ethnocentrism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnocentrism
MLA
“ethnocentrism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnocentrism. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnocentrism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnocentrism.
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