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Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse—is the application of one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people, instead of using the standards of the particular culture involved. Since this judgment is often negative, some people…

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Ethnocentrism in social sciences

Anthropology

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Ethnocentrism

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Ethnocentrism

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related to Anthropology · 19
Ethnocentrism → Asian, Barbarians, China, Comparisons, Edward Said's, Examples, Greeks, Herbert Spencer, However, Ideas, Jews, Most, Orientalism, The, These, Thomas Macaulay, Victorian, Western, With
related to Origins and development · 17
Ethnocentrism → According, American, Boris Bizumic, English, Folkways, Greek, He, In, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Other Essays, Polish, Scholars, Subsequently, Sumner, The, War, William
related to Ethnocentrism and racism · 11
Ethnocentrism → American, Canadian, Due, English Canadian, Europeans, Finally, French Canadian, However, In European, Since, The
related to Ethnocentrism in social sciences · 6
Ethnocentrism → Also, For, In, On, This, When
related to External links · 5
Ethnocentrism → Cornell University Library, Group Processes, Intergroup RelationsExamples, Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection
related to Film · 5
Ethnocentrism → As, Similarly, The, The Last Samurai, United States
has cause · 3
Ethnocentrism → Although, Due, Within
has effect · 3
Ethnocentrism → Countries, New Zealand, Strong
is a · 2
Ethnocentrism → technical name for this view of things in which one's own group is the center of everything, term not only limited to anthropology but also can be applied to other fields of social sciences like sociology or psychology
see also · 2
Ethnocentrism → AfrocentrismAmerican, NordicismSinocentrismLittle ChinaXenocentrism

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social also term one's culture cultural cultures group ethnocentric people negative anthropology in-group out-group societies different racism boas based western

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social theorist Theodor Winstance ofethnocentrism developed alongside the progression of social understandings by people0.80text
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