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Swedocentric en · ADJ

Etymology

From Swedo- + -centric.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) interpreted in terms of or centered on Sweden
    • These trends are, firstly, the Swedocentric trend which sees Sweden as a model and all other countries as a deviation from it; ... 2005, Development and Society:
    • The question is whether, having abandoned a largely inapplicable Swedocentric standard for other countries, we have arrived at the opposite extreme where no common standards exist any longer. 2012, Peter Koslowski, Andreas Follesdal, Restructuring the Welfare State: Theory and Reform of Social Policy, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 100:
    • Our perspective is somewhat Swedocentric. 2010, James S. Fishkin, Robert E. Goodin, Population and Political Theory, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 159:
    • First and foremost, purely cross-sectional studies are trapped in what Michael Shalev (1983) has called the Swedocentric fallacy: ... 1992, Professor Marino Regini, The Future of Labour Movements, SAGE, →ISBN, page 134: