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单词 eurocentrist
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Eurocentristn.adj.

Brit. /ˌjʊərəʊˈsɛntrɪst/, /ˌjɔːrəʊˈsɛntrɪst/, U.S. /ˌjəroʊˈsɛntrəst/, /ˌjʊroʊˈsɛntrəst/
Forms: also occasionally with lower-case initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Euro- comb. form, -centrist comb. form.
Etymology: < Euro- comb. form + -centrist comb. form, after Eurocentric adj. Compare earlier Eurocentrism n.
A. n.
A Eurocentric person.
ΚΠ
1972 Foreign Policy 6 172 President Nixon and Henry Kissinger are essentially Eurocentrists.
1985 Times 10 May 5/8 Eurocentrists..believe that the unity of Western Europe requires it to be distinct from the United States.
2002 J. Spring Polit. Agendas for Educ. (ed. 2) v. 127 A good example of Eurocentrists feeling threatened is the debate over the contributions of Egypt to the development in ancient Greece of art, mathematics, science, and philosophy.
B. adj.
= Eurocentric adj.
ΚΠ
1978 D. Rothchild & R. L. Curry Scarcity, Choice, & Public Policy in Middle Afr. v. 209 Euro-centrist schemes and strategies.
1994 E. Payin in E. Payin et al. New Russ. Diaspora 210 The Eurocentrist tendency among Russian migrants became more pronounced.
2006 Guardian (Nexis) 3 Aug. (Internat. section) 25 With due respect to Europeans, the problem is that their perspective is eurocentrist, they believe the world should be interpreted through a European lens.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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