You say "Eurocentric" -- which isn't really even a word -- as if it's a bad thing. From Wordnik.com. [Public Comment for Wednesday] Reference
She'd heard Avery give all the arguments, but most of those arguments were what she'd have called Eurocentric chauvinism. From Wordnik.com. [Darksong Rising]
I wonder what the history of the word "Eurocentric" is. From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
And on the "Eurocentric" discussion, I think one had to be there. From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
"Eurocentric" would that help get you over the speed-bump that retards your understanding?. From Wordnik.com. [Public Comment for Wednesday] Reference
Complained about 'Eurocentric' food; was granted right to order in African ingredients from local grocer. From Wordnik.com. [Up the River, But Living It Up] Reference
No, I'm probably the one using the term "Eurocentric" with art fans I know who only appreciate European art. From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
The course will teach various cultural perspectives of marriage, such as Eurocentric and Asian views, Mott said. From Wordnik.com. [Seton Hall Gay Marriage Class 'Troubles' Newark Archbishop] Reference
The trouble with a word like "Eurocentric" is that it can start off meaning something, then end up meaning anything. From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
Just two days after a Nobel Prize official worried the literature committee was too "Eurocentric," the winner for. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize] Reference
One advantage of a discussion in person is that if someone says, "Eurocentric," I can say, "What do you mean by that?". From Wordnik.com. [Discarding the Post-Colonial Other: A Vindication of Plain Speaking] Reference
After years of panning the promotion of the 'Eurocentric' standard of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Booker Rising] Reference
Aim a deprecating remark at the greatest Vette ever, the ZR1, and, well, it's "Eurocentric" war. From Wordnik.com. [Motor Trend Videos RSS] Reference
This "Eurocentric" approach had allegedly instilled an ugly arrogance in students of European descent. From Wordnik.com. [AmericanHeritage.com] Reference
Now it appears that was a strictly Eurocentric view. From Wordnik.com. [Isn't It Romantic?] Reference
The Eurocentric term 'genocide' gives people the wrong idea. From Wordnik.com. [War By Any Other Name] Reference
Soga challenged the Eurocentric assumptions of missionary work. From Wordnik.com. [Pioneers of a new intellectual age] Reference
Socialist International was in the main a Eurocentric organisation. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS BY THE DEPUTY PRESIDENT OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS, JACOB ZUMA, TO THE XXI CONGRESS OF THE SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL] Reference
Pheko said some aspects of the Bill also reflected Eurocentric arrogance. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But originally it had a much more, say, Eurocentric motivation behind it. From Wordnik.com. [The Words We Live By: The Creeds, Mottoes, and Pledges That Have Shaped America] Reference
This mimicry had made Africans the custodians of Eurocentric cultural values. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He further argued that imitation of Eurocentric culture would deny Brazil its. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But it suffers from shortcomings as a result of importing an aging Eurocentric design. From Wordnik.com. [Brand Survival - The fates of Saturn, Saab, and Volvo] Reference
In many countries he had visited, the media was Eurocentric and dominated by US content. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
They saw musical cultural legitimacy as those standards set up in a Eurocentric context. From Wordnik.com. [Marcus Mosiah Garvey: Black Revolutionary Hero] Reference
Not being Eurocentric enough for the foreign-policy establishment is hardly going to sink him. From Wordnik.com. [How Tomorrow Became Yesterday] Reference
He further argued that imitation of Eurocentric culture would deny Brazil its "national soul". From Wordnik.com. [Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil] Reference
Asians whose interests are 'too Eurocentric' for their ethnic peers are taunted as 'bananas' and 'Twinkies'. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Copeland: "I'd Walk a Million Miles for One of Your Votes..."] Reference
In that case, for your Eurocentric view, I say to you what Goetz von Berlichingen said to the Bishop of Bamberg. From Wordnik.com. [Brownback Supports Pace's "Homosexuality Is Immoral" Comment] Reference
There's a kind of anorexic, Eurocentric model of beauty, also a much more Afrocentric body type that is valorized. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Surprising Risks For The Ideal Body] Reference
"Not only was it outdated and Eurocentric, it caused untold misery among the impoverished communities in the rural areas,". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"It is seen to perpetuate predominantly Eurocentric values, an ethos, ideologies and norms, at the expense of African ones.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
'Sections with an Eurocentric approach are not deleted, but a more balanced interpretation is emphasised,' the overview said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Developed a global approach to political issues - The SI sought to fight an exclusive Eurocentric approach to global politics. From Wordnik.com. [ANC DELEGATION TO THE 21ST SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN PARIS] Reference
Contesting this assertion attracted the various labels of 'imperialist,' 'Eurocentric,' or the tediously repetative 'racist' epithet. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But I do not think I believe anymore in forcing Eurocentric arts organizations to do diverse works or to put one minority on a board. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Kaiser: Questions on Diversity] Reference
As managing director of Johannesburg-based textile house St. Leger & Viney, he used to produce "very Eurocentric collections," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Out Of South Africa] Reference
It is these leaders that sought to deal with the perception that the Socialist International was in the main a Eurocentric organisation. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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