eth•no•cen•trism (ˌɛθnoʊˈsɛntrɪzəm)This is a word I think I never came across before in the form of a noun. I’ve seen it in the form of an adjective – ethnocentric – but it was quite a lifetime ago. In high school, I think.
–noun
- Sociology. the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own ethnic group or culture.
- a tendency to view alien groups or cultures from the perspective of one’s own.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
The question was to illustrate tradeoff in relation to government spending on national defence and social programs on the PPC, and one student wrote that the government spending more on national defence (at the expense of social programs) could lead to increased “ethnocentrism and patriotism” in youths.
Ethnocentrism and patriotism.
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contradiction
ReplyDeleteThey aren’t necessarily contradictory, just as people don’t always mean what they write.
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