|ethnō, -nə+ adjective
Etymology: ethno- + -centric
1. : centering upon race as a chief interest or end
the religion of the future must more and more deal with the salvation of society; it must be ethnocentric — Gamaliel Bradford
2.
a. : inclined to regard one's own race or social group as the center of culture
any profession … is somewhat ethnocentric regarding outsiders — L.W.Doob
b. : exhibiting an incapacity for viewing foreign cultures dispassionately
the ethnocentric view that the rest of the world must become worthy of us by … imitating our way of life — G.E.Taylor
a Greek ethnocentric legend about Persian morals — W.H.Goodenough
• ethnocentrically “+ adverb
• ethnocentricity “+ noun -es