ethnocentrism
The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own…The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
» Monolingualism is like a disease, as it leads to ethnocentrism and culture isolation. But this disease can be cured.
Одноязычие подобно болезни, поскольку оно ведёт к этноцентризму и культурной изоляции. Но эта болезнь излечима.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
Ethnozentrismus
этноцентри́змetnocentrízm
етноцентри́змetnocentrýzm
- belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
Examples
1 sentencesMonolingualism is like a disease, as it leads to ethnocentrism and culture isolation. But this disease can be cured.
ruОдноязычие подобно болезни, поскольку оно ведёт к этноцентризму и культурной изоляции. Но эта болезнь излечима.
Translations
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Origin
From ethno- + -centrism.From ethno- + -centrism.
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Forms
plural: ethnocentrisms| Singular | ethnocentrism |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable