Definition of Europocentric

1. Adjective. Focussed on Europe and the Europeans.

Exact synonyms: Eurocentric
Partainyms: Eurocentrism, Eurocentrism
Derivative terms: Eurocentrism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Europocentric

Europeanise
Europeanism
Europeanisms
Europeanist
Europeanists
Europeanization
Europeanize
Europeanized
Europeanizes
Europeanizing
Europeans
Europessimism
Europewide
Europlug
Europlugs
Europocentric (current term)
Europol
Europop
Europudding
Europuddings
Europæan
Europæans
Euroregion
Euroregions
Euros
Eurosceptic
Eurosceptical
Euroscepticism
Eurosceptics
Eurosclerosis

Literary usage of Europocentric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Processes of History by Frederick John Teggart (1918)
"... that the concept of "progress" is arrived at by the maintenance of a Europocentric tradition and the elimination from consideration of the activities of ..."

2. The Processes of History by Frederick John Teggart (1918)
"... that the concept of "progress" is arrived at by the maintenance of a Europocentric tradition and the elimination from consideration of the activities of ..."

3. James Bowdoin and the Patriot Philosophers by Frank Edward Manuel (2004)
"Typically Europocentric, Bowdoin in passing denigrated the culture of the American Indians, which he concluded had been static through the ages because of ..."

4. Conflict, Culture and History: Regional Dimensions by Stephen J. Blank (1991)
"The difficulty Westerners have in comprehending the nature of conflict on the global periphery lies in the tenacious grip we have on the Europocentric ..."

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