Dictionary

Eurocentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From Euro- + -centric.

Meanings

1. Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe.
   • The present curriculum / I put my fist in 'em / Eurocentric every last one of 'em / See right through the red, white, and blue disguise / With lecture I puncture the structure of lies / Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back / We've got to take it back / Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears / One-sided stories for years and years and years 2005, “Take the Power Back”, performed by Rage Against the Machine:
   • Typologies of African religious movements, the authors remind us, cannot feed Eurocentric dialogues and disputes. 2026 May 28, Stefania Palmisano, “The Revelation Spiritual Home: A Sociologist Reads the Book by Introvigne and Šorytė”, in Bitter Winter:

Forms

Hypernyms

Westcentric

Hyponyms

Polonocentric · Hellenocentric · Swedocentric · Nordicentric · Russocentric · Danocentric · Serbocentric · Germanocentric · Scotocentric · Gallocentric · Hibernocentric · Anglocentric

Relateds

Eurocentrically · Eurocentrism · Eurocentristic

Synonyms

Europocentric

Translations (19)

sv eurocentrisk (focused on Europe) · da eurocentrisk (focused on Europe) · ru евроцентри́чный (focused on Europe) · sk eurocentrický (focused on Europe) · de eurozentrisch (focused on Europe) · mk евроцентричен (focused on Europe) · es eurocéntrico (focused on Europe) · nl eurocentrisch (focused on Europe) · cmn 以歐洲為中心的 /以欧洲为中心的 (focused on Europe) · fi eurooppakeskeinen (focused on Europe) · cmn 歐洲中心主義的 /欧洲中心主义的 (focused on Europe) · ru евроцентри́стский (focused on Europe) · fr eurocentrique (focused on Europe) · cs eurocentrický (focused on Europe) · ca eurocèntric (focused on Europe) · bn ইউরোপকেন্দ্রিক (focused on Europe) · pl eurocentryczny (focused on Europe) · pt eurocêntrico (focused on Europe) · pl europocentryczny (focused on Europe)