Americanocentric

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Centred on or overemphasizing the United States of America.

    "Making Sense of the Sixties used the typical Americano-centric documentary style that avoided a world or historical context for events […] Other countries were mentioned only insofar as they disturbed the insular course of events in the United States."

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"Making Sense of the Sixties used the typical Americano-centric documentary style that avoided a world or historical context for events […] Other countries were mentioned only insofar as they disturbed the insular course of events in the United States."

Etymology

From American + -o- + -centric.

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