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Americentrism is the ethnocentric
Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. The term was introduced in 1906 by William Graham Sumner, a Yale professor and anti-imperialist, in his book Folkways....
 practice of viewing the world from an American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of American (and, more generally, of Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
) culture.








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Americentrism is the ethnocentric
Ethnocentrism

Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture. The term was introduced in 1906 by William Graham Sumner, a Yale professor and anti-imperialist, in his book Folkways....
 practice of viewing the world from an American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of American (and, more generally, of Western
Western world

The term Western world, the West or the Occident can have multiple meanings dependent on its context . Accordingly, the basic definition of what constitutes "the West" varies, expanding and contracting over time, in relation to various historical circumstances....
) culture.

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    Afrocentrism

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  • Eurocentrism
    Eurocentrism

    Eurocentrism is the practice of viewing the world from a European perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of European culture....
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    Sinocentrism

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