ˌethnōˈsen.ˌtrizəm, -thnəˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: ethno- + centr- + -ism
1. : a habitual disposition to judge foreign peoples or groups by the standards and practices of one's own culture or ethnic group
this is the more usual form that ethnocentrism takes … — a gentle insistence on the good qualities of one's own group — M.J.Herskovits
2. : a tendency toward viewing alien cultures with disfavor and a resulting sense of inherent superiority
the ethnocentrism of national groups … causes them to regard their culture as superior to that of all other nations — Mabel Elliott & Francis Merrill
with perhaps pardonable ethnocentrism , the Americans have acted on the assumption that the best preparation for freedom is Americanization — Raymond Kennedy
intolerant ethnocentrism and super nationalism can only result in the narrowest sort of isolationism — American Scholar