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单词 asiacentric
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Asiacentricadj.

Brit. /ˌeɪʒəˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌeɪʃəˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌeɪʒəˈsɛntrɪk/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Asia , -centric comb. form.
Etymology: < the name of Asia (see Asian n.) + -centric comb. form. Compare earlier Europocentric adj. and slightly later Eurocentric adj.With Asiacentricity n. at Derivatives compare slightly earlier Eurocentricity n. at Eurocentric adj. Derivatives.
Centred or focusing on Asia, or on cultures of Asian origin.
ΚΠ
1926 China Weekly Rev. (Shanghai) 10 Apr. 136/1 Europo-centric thought is as provincial in essence as is Asia-centric thought or Sino-centric thought.
1990 M. Martin Keys of this Blood iv. xvii. 332 It is to be an outlook able to adapt with ease and according to circumstances to a point of view that may be Eurocentric or Afrocentric, Latinocentric or Asiacentric.
2019 Financial Times (Nexis) 21 Feb. 13 The growing share of Asian-Americans in the US population..is not certain to give Washington a more Asia-centric cast of mind over time, but it would be odd if there was no effect at all.

Derivatives

ˌAsiacenˈtricity n. the fact or quality of being Asiacentric.
ΚΠ
1962 Jrnl. Southeast Asian Hist. 3 135 A swelling body of western historians of Southeast Asia has risen, as if in concerted protest, to point the way to Asia-centricity.
2010 Y. Miike in R. L. Jackson Encycl. Identity I. 47/1 The paradigm of Asiacentricity demands that..Asian interests, values, and ideals be prioritized in the discourse on Asians and their experiences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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