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Afrocentric

Afrocentric adjective: centered on, derived from, or emphasizing African culture, history, and the contributions of people of African descent.

Adjective

Afrocentric (comparative more Afrocentric, superlative most Afrocentric)

  1. Centered on, derived from, or emphasizing African culture, history, and the contributions of people of African descent.

Forms of Afrocentric

comparativemore Afrocentric
superlativemost Afrocentric

Origin of Afrocentric

From Afro- + -centric.

Words formed from Afrocentric

Questions about Afrocentric

What does Afrocentric mean?
Afrocentric means centered on, derived from, or emphasizing African culture, history, and the contributions of people of African descent.
What part of speech is Afrocentric?
Afrocentric is an adjective.

Words near Afrocentric in the dictionary

  1. Afroasiaticists
  2. afrobatrachian
  3. afrobatrachians
  4. afrobeat
  5. Afrobeats
  6. Afrocentric
  7. Afrocentrically
  8. Afrocentricism
  9. Afrocentricities
  10. Afrocentricity
  11. Afrocentrism

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