单词 | eurocentrist |
释义 | Eurocentristn.adj. 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). < n.adj.1972 |
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