Eurocentricadj.

Brit.

/ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk/,

/ˌjɔːrəʊˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S.

/ˌjəroʊˈsɛntrɪk/,

/ˌjʊroʊˈsɛntrɪk/

Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial.

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

Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -centric comb. form. Compare earlier Europocentric adj.

Having or regarding Europe as its centre; focusing on Europe to the exclusion of the rest of the world; implicitly regarding Europeans or European culture as pre-eminent. Cf. Europocentric adj.

ΚΠ

1927 U. Close Revolt of Asia ix. 207 The ultimate solidarity of Asiatic sentiment will be enlisted against the white man's Eurocentric dogma of Asia's racial inferiority.

1959 P. N. Drost Crime of State I. i. v. 117 International law now spanning the world from the Far West to the Far East—what Eurocentric expressions!—is undoubtedly of European origin.

1984 Times 17 Feb. 7/8 They have become less eurocentric in their approach and pay more attention to Third World issues.

2005 Big Issue (S. Afr. ed.) Feb. 13/1 The trouble with science is that it's Eurocentric—and this is Africa.

Derivatives

ˌEurocenˈtricity n.

ΚΠ

1957 H. C. Allen in H. C. Allen & C. P. Hill Brit. Ess. in Amer. Hist. 147 The ascendancy of New England..remained powerful, and the Eurocentricity and Anglophilia of its intellectual bent maintained the influence of English historians.

2001 Wasafiri Autumn 36/2 Abu Taleb was post-colonial long before any kind of political postcolonialism came into being in India—that is..as contesting the discourses of colonisation and Eurocentricity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	eurocentric
释义	Eurocentricadj. Brit. /ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌjɔːrəʊˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌjəroʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌjʊroʊˈsɛntrɪk/ Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, -centric comb. form. Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -centric comb. form. Compare earlier Europocentric adj. Having or regarding Europe as its centre; focusing on Europe to the exclusion of the rest of the world; implicitly regarding Europeans or European culture as pre-eminent. Cf. Europocentric adj. ΚΠ 1927 U. Close Revolt of Asia ix. 207 The ultimate solidarity of Asiatic sentiment will be enlisted against the white man's Eurocentric dogma of Asia's racial inferiority. 1959 P. N. Drost Crime of State I. i. v. 117 International law now spanning the world from the Far West to the Far East—what Eurocentric expressions!—is undoubtedly of European origin. 1984 Times 17 Feb. 7/8 They have become less eurocentric in their approach and pay more attention to Third World issues. 2005 Big Issue (S. Afr. ed.) Feb. 13/1 The trouble with science is that it's Eurocentric—and this is Africa. Derivatives ˌEurocenˈtricity n. ΚΠ 1957 H. C. Allen in H. C. Allen & C. P. Hill Brit. Ess. in Amer. Hist. 147 The ascendancy of New England..remained powerful, and the Eurocentricity and Anglophilia of its intellectual bent maintained the influence of English historians. 2001 Wasafiri Autumn 36/2 Abu Taleb was post-colonial long before any kind of political postcolonialism came into being in India—that is..as contesting the discourses of colonisation and Eurocentricity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1927
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