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ethnocentrismViewing other peoples and cultures from the standard of one's own cultural assumptions, customs, and values. In anthropology, ethnocentrism is avoided in preference for a position of relativism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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First, they must realize that it is the epitome of ethnocentrism to expect Arabs to comprehend and convert to an Americanized version of Christianity. prejudice and stereotyping, semantic slanting and emotional appeal, ethnocentrism and national chauvinism, authoritarianism, special interests, special pleading, and patterns of political polemics. It is presumptuous to contend that a two-week stay in a country is long enough to provide one with adequate understanding of that country's culture, however, the downside of not visiting that country at all leaves a vacuum that may sometimes be filled by ignorance, doubt, conjecture, and perhaps ethnocentrism. |
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