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Pronunciation / Transliteration: gairaibunka chūshinchūgi
"外来文化中心主義は自国文化へのコンプレックスから生じることがある。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The preference for the products, styles, or ideas of an outside culture rather than one's own.
"His persistent xenocentrism led him to believe that only imported goods and foreign media possessed any true artistic value." - 2
A cultural or psychological bias where someone systematically devalues their native culture in favor of a foreign one.
"Sociologists often study xenocentrism to understand globalization's psychological impacts on developing nations."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek word 'xenos' meaning 'stranger' or 'foreigner', combined with 'centrism' from the Latin 'centrum' meaning 'center'. Coined in the 20th century within sociology and anthropology to describe the cultural orientation opposite to ethnocentrism.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Xenocentrism" is said worldwide
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xénocentrisme
Transliteration: /ɡze.nɔ.sɑ̃.tʁism/
"Le xénocentrisme se manifeste par une dévaluation des produits locaux."
Xenozentrismus
Transliteration: /kseno.tsɛnˈtʁɪsmʊs/
"Xenozentrismus beschreibt die Bevorzugung fremd-kultureller Güter."
xenocentrismo
Transliteration: /ze.no.tʃenˈtri.zmo/
"Lo xenocentrismo porta spesso a svalutare la propria cultura."
xenocentrismo
Transliteration: /kse.no.senˈtɾiz.mo/
"El xenocentrismo valora lo extranjero por encima de lo nacional."
xenocentrismo
Transliteration: /ʃe.no.sẽˈtɾiz.mu/
"O xenocentrismo é o oposto do etnocentrismo."
विदेशी-संस्कृति-प्रियता
Transliteration: videshi-sanskriti-priyata
Script: विदेशी संस्कृति के प्रति अत्यधिक झुकाव
"विदेशी संस्कृति के प्रति झुकाव को ज़ेनोसेंट्रिज्म कहा जाता है।"
外来文化崇拜
Transliteration: wàilái wénhuà chóngbài
"这种外来文化崇拜现象在全球化背景下很常见。"
외국문화에대한I집착
Transliteration: oeguk munhwae daehan jipchak
Script: 외국 문화에 대한 집착
"외국 문화에 대한 집착은 종종 자국 문화를 경시하는 경향으로 이어진다."
外来文化中心主義
Transliteration: gairaibunka chūshinchūgi
"外来文化中心主義は自国文化へのコンプレックスから生じることがある。"
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