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Eurocentric

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -ɛntɹɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Eurocentric.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

focussed on Europe and the Europeans

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Europocentric

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Euro- + -centric.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিক (iurōpokendrik) — focused on Europe
  • Catalan: eurocèntric — focused on Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 以歐洲為中心的 /以欧洲为中心的 (yǐ Ōuzhōu wéi zhōngxīn de) — focused on Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲中心主義的 /欧洲中心主义的 (ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì de) — focused on Europe
  • Czech: eurocentrický — focused on Europe
  • Danish: eurocentrisk — focused on Europe
  • Dutch: eurocentrisch — focused on Europe
  • Finnish: eurooppakeskeinen — focused on Europe
  • French: eurocentrique — focused on Europe
  • German: eurozentrisch — focused on Europe
  • Macedonian: евроцентричен (evrocentričen) — focused on Europe
  • Polish: eurocentryczny — focused on Europe
  • Polish: europocentryczny — focused on Europe
  • Portuguese: eurocêntrico — focused on Europe
  • Russian: евроцентри́стский (jevrocentrístskij) — focused on Europe
  • Russian: евроцентри́чный (jevrocentríčnyj) — focused on Europe
  • Slovak: eurocentrický — focused on Europe
  • Spanish: eurocéntrico — focused on Europe
  • Swedish: eurocentrisk — focused on Europe