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Meanings of ethnocentric in English

Partiality.

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        1
        To correct our self-partiality and self-deceit is the use of general rules.
        Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics
        2
        The love to the whole is not extinguished by this subordinate partiality.
        Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Edmund Burke
        3
        He'd give her that and more if she had a true partiality.
        The irish devil
        4
        As for her partiality for liqueurs, he regarded this as quite natural.
        The Fortune of the Rougons
        5
        One of the reasons for this partiality is not hard to discover.
        The Ways of Men
        Usage of ethnocentric in English
        1
        He accused supporters of the counterculture of ethnocentric thinking and amoral relativism.
        Drawing Down the Moon
        2
        We try to dismiss the four-stage theory as "ethnocentric" or even racist.
        How the scots invented the modern world: the true story of how w...
        3
        Since when had she become so ethnocentric that she couldn't feel comfortable not surrounded by her yella-fellas?
        Sushi for one?
        4
        Rather ethnocentric of you, isn't it?
        Demon: a memoir
        5
        A defensive, ethnocentric nationalism which views minorities with suspicion is one of the signs of post-crash times in Europe.
        The Guardian
        6
        Deep seated ethnocentric attitudes and a suspicion of "the other" are more likely to be expressed when people are politically alienated and economically marginalised.
        The Irish Times
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        Ethnocentric through the time