"Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse—means to apply 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."
The tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one's own culture or group, often resulting in a belief in the superiority of one's own culture.
Definition of Ethnocentrism: The belief that one's own culture or society is superior to others, and judging other cultures based on one's own values.
Cultural Relativism: Understanding and respecting different cultural values without judging them or trying to impose one's own values on others.
Stereotyping: Generalizations or assumptions made about a group of people based on cultural, ethnic, or social characteristics.
Racism: Prejudice, discrimination, or bias against individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, or national origin.
Cultural Imperialism: The practice of promoting one's own culture over others, often with the aim of exerting political or economic control.
Multiculturalism: Valuing and promoting the diversity of cultures within a society, and recognizing the contributions of different cultural groups.
Cultural Shock: The disorientation and discomfort experienced when encountering a different culture.
Cultural Identity: The unique characteristics and traditions that define a particular culture, and the way individuals relate to and identify with their own culture.
Intercultural Communication: The exchange of ideas, attitudes, and beliefs between people from different cultural backgrounds.
Globalization: The increasing interconnectedness and interdependence of economies, cultures, and societies around the world.
Cultural Superiority: The belief that one's culture is superior to others, leading to a contemptuous attitude towards other groups, and undermining their cultural practices.
Cultural Relativism: The belief that cultural practices should be evaluated on their own merits without judging them using other cultural standards.
Cultural Ignorance: A lack of understanding of other cultures due to ignorance, which can lead to negative attitudes towards cultural practices.
Cultural Homogenization: The extension of a dominant culture over another culture, leading to cultural uniformity.
Cultural Appropriation: The adoption of a different culture's customs or practices without acknowledgment or respect to their origin culture.
Cultural genocide: The deliberate destruction of a culture as a genocide method.
"Some people also use the term to refer to the belief that one's culture is superior to, or more correct or normal than, all others—especially regarding the distinctions that define each ethnicity's cultural identity, such as language, behavior, customs, and religion."
"The term 'ethnocentrism' does not necessarily involve a negative view of the others' race or indicate a negative connotation."
"The opposite of ethnocentrism is cultural relativism, a guiding philosophy stating the best way to understand a different culture is through their perspective rather than judging them from the subjective viewpoints shaped by one's own cultural standards."
"The term 'ethnocentrism' was first applied in the social sciences by American sociologist William G. Sumner."
"Sumner describes ethnocentrism as 'the technical name for the view of things in which one's own group is the center of everything, and all others are scaled and rated with reference to it.'"
"He further characterized ethnocentrism as often leading to pride, vanity, the belief in one's group's superiority, and contempt for outsiders."
"In Adorno's The Authoritarian Personality, he and his colleagues of the Frankfurt School established a broader definition of the term as a result of 'in-group-out-group differentiation,' stating that ethnocentrism 'combines a positive attitude toward one's own ethnic/cultural group (the in-group) with a negative attitude toward the other ethnic/cultural group (the out-group).'"
"Ethnocentrism is sometimes related to racism, stereotyping, discrimination, or xenophobia."
"In common usage, it can also simply mean any culturally biased judgment."
"Ethnocentrism can be seen in the common portrayals of the Global South and the Global North."
"Both of these juxtaposing attitudes are also a result of a process known as social identification and social counter-identification."
"Ethnocentrism... often leading to pride, vanity, the belief in one's group's superiority."
"The best way to understand a different culture is through their perspective rather than judging them from the subjective viewpoints shaped by one's own cultural standards."
"Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse..."
"Some people also use the term to refer to the belief that one's culture is superior to, or more correct or normal than, all others..."
"Ethnocentrism in social science and anthropology—as well as in colloquial English discourse..."
"Ethnocentrism... means to apply one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people..."
"Ethnocentrism... leading to... contempt for outsiders."
"...distinctions that define each ethnicity's cultural identity, such as language, behavior, customs, and religion."