Anglocentricadj.

Brit.

/ˌaŋɡlə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S.

/ˌæŋɡloʊˈsɛntrɪk/,

/ˌæŋɡləˈsɛntrɪk/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, -centric comb. form.

Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + -centric comb. form. With Anglocentricity n. at Derivatives compare earlier Anglocentrism n.

Centred in or upon England (or Britain); regarding England (or Britain), its culture, language, etc., as pre-eminent. Cf. Brito-centric adj. at Brito- comb. form 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective]

EnglisheOE

Southron1488

Anglican1667

Anglo-Gallic1752

Anglo-Arabian1855

Englishy1861

Anglocentric1886

1886 Ann. Rep. U.S. Treas. p. ix An Anglo-centric monetary system.

1898 L. A. Tollemache Talks with Gladstone 114 A belief in the anthropomorphic and anthropocentric—I had almost said Anglo-centric—government of the physical world.

1938 Times 8 Feb. 11/2 A new building—‘dubbed with the familiar Anglo-centric snobbery “a Scottish Whitehall”’—is being built in Edinburgh.

1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 642/2 The excuses for such Anglocentric history are now wearing thin.

1962 Economist 26 May 776/2 The Commonwealth has moved further and further away from being Anglocentric.

2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 11/2 My education, most of which took place during the war, was not just conducted in English, but was propagandistically anglocentric in tone and emphasis.

Derivatives

ˌAnglocenˈtricity n.

ΚΠ

1902 School World Feb. 49/2 The fact that Mr. Jose is an Australian and has personally visited South Africa frees him from a certain ‘Anglocentricity’ which marks many books about the Empire.

1960 S. A. De Smith Lawyers & Constit. 4 To the extent that I have refrained from offering comments on Scotland or Northern Ireland I must plead guilty to Anglocentricity.

2007 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16 He raged about the Anglocentricity of English historians, past and present.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	anglocentric
释义	Anglocentricadj. Brit. /ˌaŋɡlə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌæŋɡloʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌæŋɡləˈsɛntrɪk/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Anglo- comb. form, -centric comb. form. Etymology: < Anglo- comb. form + -centric comb. form. With Anglocentricity n. at Derivatives compare earlier Anglocentrism n. Centred in or upon England (or Britain); regarding England (or Britain), its culture, language, etc., as pre-eminent. Cf. Brito-centric adj. at Brito- comb. form 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > British Isles > England > [adjective] EnglisheOE Southron1488 Anglican1667 Anglo-Gallic1752 Anglo-Arabian1855 Englishy1861 Anglocentric1886 1886 Ann. Rep. U.S. Treas. p. ix An Anglo-centric monetary system. 1898 L. A. Tollemache Talks with Gladstone 114 A belief in the anthropomorphic and anthropocentric—I had almost said Anglo-centric—government of the physical world. 1938 Times 8 Feb. 11/2 A new building—‘dubbed with the familiar Anglo-centric snobbery “a Scottish Whitehall”’—is being built in Edinburgh. 1960 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Oct. 642/2 The excuses for such Anglocentric history are now wearing thin. 1962 Economist 26 May 776/2 The Commonwealth has moved further and further away from being Anglocentric. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Mar. 11/2 My education, most of which took place during the war, was not just conducted in English, but was propagandistically anglocentric in tone and emphasis. Derivatives ˌAnglocenˈtricity n. ΚΠ 1902 School World Feb. 49/2 The fact that Mr. Jose is an Australian and has personally visited South Africa frees him from a certain ‘Anglocentricity’ which marks many books about the Empire. 1960 S. A. De Smith Lawyers & Constit. 4 To the extent that I have refrained from offering comments on Scotland or Northern Ireland I must plead guilty to Anglocentricity. 2007 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Aug. 16 He raged about the Anglocentricity of English historians, past and present. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1886
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