Monolingualism is like a disease, as it leads to ethnocentrism and culture isolation. But this disease can be cured.
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Ethnocentrism
//ˌɛθ.nəʊˈsɛn.tɹɪzm̩//
Synonyms for "ethnocentrism" (20 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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9 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَمَرْكُز عِرْقِيّ noun (tendency)
Belarusian
1 entries- этнацэнтры́зм noun (tendency)
Bulgarian
1 entries- етноцентри́зъм noun (tendency)
Catalan
1 entries- etnocentrisme noun (tendency)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 我族中心主义 noun (tendency)
- 我族中心主義 /我族中心主义 noun (tendency)
- 民族优越感 noun (tendency)
- 民族优越感 noun (tendency)
Czech
1 entries- etnocentrismus noun (tendency)
Danish
1 entries- etnocentrisme noun (tendency)
Dutch
1 entries- etnocentrisme noun (tendency)
Finnish
3 entries- etnosentrismi noun (tendency)
- etnosentrisyys noun (tendency)
- ryhmäkeskeisyys noun (tendency)
French
1 entries- ethnocentrisme noun (tendency)
Galician
1 entries- etnocentrismo noun (tendency)
German
1 entries- Ethnozentrismus noun (tendency)
Greek
1 entries- εθνοκεντρισμός noun (tendency)
Hawaiian
1 entries- moʻomeheu nui noun (tendency)
Hungarian
1 entries- etnocentrizmus noun (tendency)
Icelandic
3 entries- þjóðhverf sjónarmið noun (tendency)
- þjóðhverfa noun (tendency)
- þjóðhverfur hugsunarháttur noun (tendency)
Indonesian
2 entries- etnosentrisme noun (tendency)
- sukuisme noun (tendency)
Irish
1 entries- eitnealárnachas noun (tendency)
Italian
1 entries- etnocentrismo noun (tendency)
Japanese
2 entries- エスノセントリズム noun (tendency)
- 自民族中心主義 noun (tendency)
Latin
1 entries- ethnocentrismus noun (tendency)
Lithuanian
1 entries- etnocentrizmas noun (tendency)
Macedonian
1 entries- етноцентризам noun (tendency)
Mongolian
1 entries- этноцентризм noun (tendency)
Polish
1 entries- etnocentryzm noun (tendency)
Portuguese
1 entries- etnocentrismo noun (tendency)
Russian
1 entries- этноцентри́зм noun (tendency)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- etnocentrìzam noun (tendency)
- етноцентрѝзам noun (tendency)
Slovak
1 entries- etnocentrizmus noun (tendency)
Spanish
1 entries- etnocentrismo noun (tendency)
Swedish
1 entries- etnocentrism noun (tendency)
Ukrainian
1 entries- етноцентри́зм noun (tendency)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The notion of cultural superiority in the West often manifests in the form of ethnocentrism, where Western customs and traditions are considered superior and other cultures are judged against these standards.
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