Eurocentrism

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Coined during the period of decolonization in the later 20th century, as a back-formation from Eurocentric. Superficially Euro- + -centrism

Back-formation from eurocentric. Superficially euro- + -centrism.

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَرْكَزِيَّة أُورُوبِّيَّة (markaziyya ʔūrūbbiyya) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Armenian: եվրոպակենտրոնություն (evropakentronutʻyun) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Belarusian: еўрацэнтры́зм (jewracentrýzm) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Bengali: ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিকতা (iurōpokendrikota) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Bulgarian: евроцентри́зъм (evrocentrízǎm) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Catalan: eurocentrisme — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Chinese Mandarin: 歐洲中心主義 /欧洲中心主义 (ōuzhōuzhōngxīnzhǔyì) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Czech: eurocentrismus — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Danish: eurocentrisme — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Dutch: eurocentrisme — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Finnish: eurooppakeskeisyys — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Finnish: eurosentrismi — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• French: européocentrisme — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• French: eurocentrisme — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Galician: eurocentrismo — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Georgian: ევროცენტრიზმი (evrocenṭrizmi) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• German: Eurozentrismus — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Greek: ευρωκεντρισμός (evrokentrismós) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Hungarian: eurocentrizmus — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Italian: eurocentrismo — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Japanese: ヨーロッパ中心主義 (Yōroppa chūshin shugi) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Japanese: 欧州中心主義 (Ōshū chūshin shugi) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Lithuanian: eurocentrizmas — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Macedonian: евроцентризам (evrocentrizam) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Persian: اروپامحوری (orupâmehvari) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Polish: eurocentryzm — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Polish: europocentryzm — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Portuguese: eurocentrismo — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Russian: евроцентри́зм (jevrocentrízm) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Spanish: eurocentrismo — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Turkish: Avrupamerkezcilik — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective
• Ukrainian: євроцентри́зм (jevrocentrýzm) — practice of viewing the world from a European perspective