请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 eurocentrism
释义

Eurocentrismn.

Brit. /ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, /ˌjɔːrəʊˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌjəroʊˈsɛnˌtrɪz(ə)m/, /ˌjʊroʊˈsɛnˌtrɪz(ə)m/
Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, -centrism comb. form.
Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -centrism comb. form, after Eurocentric adj. Compare earlier Europocentrism n. Compare also Eurocentrist n.
Eurocentric ideas or practice; a focus on Europe to the exclusion of the rest of the world. Cf. Europocentrism n.
ΚΠ
1965 Internat. Affairs 41 761 Sometimes his judgments betray a staggering naïveté and eurocentrism.
1984 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Aug. 948/1 There is the danger of Eurocentrism... To determine the meaning of myth for the modern world is not..to determine the meaning of myth for Western man.
2005 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 99 780 Feminists have been criticised for what at times has seemed an exclusive focus on Europe... I could be criticized for perpetuating the Eurocentrism here.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
n.1965
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/13 13:33:46