Eurocentric

See also: eurocentric

English

Alternative forms

• eurocentric

Etymology

From Euro- +‎ -centric.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛntɹɪk

Adjective

Eurocentric (comparative more Eurocentric, superlative most Eurocentric)

1. Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.
   • 2005, “Take the Power Back”, performed by Rage Against the Machine:

     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

Synonyms

• Europocentric

Hypernyms

• Westcentric

Hyponyms

• Anglocentric
• Danocentric
• Gallocentric
• Germanocentric
• Hellenocentric
• Hibernocentric
• Nordicentric
• Polonocentric
• Russocentric
• Scotocentric
• Serbocentric
• Swedocentric

Related terms

• Eurocentrism
• Eurocentristic
• Eurocentrically

Translations

focused on Europe

Bengali: ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিক (iurōpokendrik) Catalan: eurocèntric Chinese: Mandarin: 以歐洲為中心的 / 以欧洲为中心的 (yǐ Ōuzhōu wéi zhōngxīn de), 歐洲中心主義的 / 欧洲中心主义的 (ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì de) Danish: eurocentrisk Dutch: eurocentrisch (nl) Finnish: eurooppakeskeinen French: eurocentrique (fr) German: eurozentrisch (de) Portuguese: eurocêntrico Russian: евроцентри́стский m (jevrocentrístskij), евроцентри́чный m (jevrocentríčnyj) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: eurocéntrico Swedish: eurocentrisk (sv) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can