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单词 ethnocentrism
释义 eth·no·cen·trism
\ˌethnōˈsen.ˌtrizəm, -thnəˈ-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: ethno- + centr- + -ism
1. : a habitual disposition to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards and practices of one's own culture or ethnic group
 < this is the more usual form that ethnocentrism takes … — a gentle insistence on the good qualities of one's own group — M.J.Herskovits >
2. : a tendency toward viewing alien cultures with disfavor and a resulting sense of inherent superiority
 < the ethnocentrism of national groups … causes them to regard their culture as superior to that of all other nations — Mabel Elliott & Francis Merrill >
 < with perhaps pardonable ethnocentrism, the Americans have acted on the assumption that the best preparation for freedom is Americanization — Raymond Kennedy >
 < intolerant ethnocentrism and super nationalism can only result in the narrowest sort of isolationism — American Scholar >
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