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Eurocentric meaning

Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.

Synonyms of Eurocentric

europocentric partiality partisanship

Using Eurocentric

  • The main meaning on this page is: Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.
  • Useful related words include: europocentric, partiality, partisanship.
  • In the example corpus, eurocentric often appears in combinations such as: eurocentric beauty, to eurocentric, the eurocentric.

Context around Eurocentric

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Eurocentric

  • In this selection, "eurocentric" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, overvalues, promoting, prefers, beauty, ideals and nature stand out and add context to how "eurocentric" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against the eurocentric nature of and answer to eurocentric beauty standards. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "eurocentric" sits close to words such as abdulrasheed, abhinav and aboriginals, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with eurocentric

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Others argue more explicitly against the Eurocentric nature of the curriculum. (11 words)

The 3D model shows Queen Nefertiti with very Eurocentric features, despite her origins. (13 words)

Weave for many black women is the answer to Eurocentric beauty standards regarding hair. (14 words)

Due to its Eurocentric rules, the high fees, its location remote from the lands in question, and unfair practices by some Pākehā land agents, its main effect was to allow Māori to sell their land without restraint from other tribal members. (41 words)

In a restaurant scene like Philly’s (that historically and disproportionately overvalues Eurocentric dining standards), it can mean abandoning one for the other — assimilating to a culture that isn’t your own for the sake of personal gain and success. (40 words)

Many activists and educators were disappointed by Brown’s reasoning, arguing that students need to be exposed to their own, and to various other cultural histories aside from the traditional eurocentric one they are already accustomed to. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Eurocentric beauty standards favor European features such as fair skin, straight hair and small noses.

The Miss Black USA Pageant stands as a beacon of empowerment, carving out an essential space to uplift and recognize Black women in a world where beauty standards have long been dominated by Eurocentric ideals.

Lastly, I close out with theories that are exceptions to the rule and are not Eurocentric or paternalistic and with a minimum of racism.

Others argue more explicitly against the Eurocentric nature of the curriculum.

He had done his research and knew who came before him in terms of Afrocentric performance, ritual and story and Eurocentric, Kemetic and Judeo-Christian traditions.

In a restaurant scene like Philly’s (that historically and disproportionately overvalues Eurocentric dining standards), it can mean abandoning one for the other — assimilating to a culture that isn’t your own for the sake of personal gain and success.

The belief that natural hair is unprofessional or unacceptable is an outdated and racist ideology promoting Eurocentric beauty standards as being superior.

Weave for many black women is the answer to Eurocentric beauty standards regarding hair.

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In a market that prefers Eurocentric films, they boldly shout that Latin America is here to stay.

Leaving such traces can be challenging because architecture and design schools conform to a Eurocentric education, Okwumabua said, but recent cultural touchstones like the popular film Black Panther with its fictional African city Wakanda offer hope.

Many activists and educators were disappointed by Brown’s reasoning, arguing that students need to be exposed to their own, and to various other cultural histories aside from the traditional eurocentric one they are already accustomed to.

Remember, my argument is not the army or these individuals but the aping of the Eurocentric state.

The 3D model shows Queen Nefertiti with very Eurocentric features, despite her origins.

The Carters defy the colonial history of artworks in the Louvre: They challenge the Louvre’s Eurocentric art by showcasing the beauty of people of colour and re-contextualizing famous Western art.

Bala argues that by ignoring such multicultural impacts we have been led to a Eurocentric conception of the scientific revolution.

Bismarck had originally dismissed the agitation for colonies with contempt; he favoured a Eurocentric foreign policy, as the treaty arrangements made during his tenure in office show.

Due to its Eurocentric rules, the high fees, its location remote from the lands in question, and unfair practices by some Pākehā land agents, its main effect was to allow Māori to sell their land without restraint from other tribal members.

In other words, "Far East" is inherently Eurocentric because it is part of a geographical paradigms in which even Western Asia is the " Near East " or " Middle East ".

In The Esperanto Book, Don Harlow says that Occidental had an intentional emphasis on European forms, and that some of its leading followers espoused a Eurocentric philosophy, Harlow, Don.

This argument holds that Eurocentric history has been blind to the most important element in this fight for emancipation, precisely, the constant revolt and the antagonism of slaves' revolts.

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Common combinations with eurocentric

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "eurocentric" in a sentence?
An example: "Eurocentric beauty standards favor European features such as fair skin, straight hair and small noses." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "eurocentric" from authentic English texts.
What does "eurocentric" mean?
Eurocentric means: Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.
What are synonyms of "eurocentric"?
Common synonyms of "eurocentric" include: europocentric, partiality, partisanship.
How many example sentences with "eurocentric" are there?
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