eth·no·cen·trism (ĕth'nō-sĕn'trĭz'əm)
n. # Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group. # Overriding concern with race.
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Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. It is defined as the viewpoint that "one's own group is the center of everything," against which all other groups are judged. Ethnocentrism often entails the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is the most important and/or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups.
Ethnocentrism a noun.
Ethnocentrism can be both good and bad.
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A banana. It has absolutely nothing to do with ethnocentrism and so is a perfect non-example.
Cultural relativism was in part a response to western ethnocentrism
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The main difference between ethnocentrism and xenocentrism is the preference of culture. Ethnocentrism is a preference to your own culture standards while xenocentrism is a preference to different cultures.
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ethnocentrism is the belief in the superiority of your own race but it might be imperialism which is stronger nations taking over weaker nations
Ethnocentrism is the act of believing your own culture is not only better but more right than others. My guess would be that counter ethnocentrism is counteracting this. Like culture relativism, which is trying to accept other cultures for being just what they are and not judging them.
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Every culture in the world developed ethnocentrism. It's just human nature to see your own culture as normal and other cultures as abnormal. European ethnocentrism is just more well known because Europe was so powerful.