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ethnocentrize

ethnocentrize verb: to make ethnocentric.

Verb

ethnocentrize (third-person singular simple present ethnocentrizes, present participle ethnocentrizing, simple past and past participle ethnocentrized)

  1. To make ethnocentric.
    • Does a core curriculum that embraces a multicultural approach qualify as a successful program when it provides self-contained, ethnocentrized courses juxtaposed to traditionally Euro- and androcentric counterparts?1993, Robert Stevens, The Core and the canon: a national debate, page 232
    • As an American Jew, I feel that assimilation is killing my people too. There has to be a balanced, non-rascist^([sic]) way for all of us to remain who we are and not use self pride as a way to "ethnocentrize"1996, Steve Schultz, “Re: Indians and Seperatism-^([sic]) C. Peltier”, in alt.native (Usenet)

Forms of ethnocentrize

third-person singular presentethnocentrizes
present participleethnocentrizing
past participleethnocentrized
pastethnocentrized

Origin of ethnocentrize

From ethnocentric + -ize.

Questions about ethnocentrize

What does ethnocentrize mean?
Ethnocentrize means to make ethnocentric.
What part of speech is ethnocentrize?
Ethnocentrize is a verb.
What is the past tense of ethnocentrize?
The past tense of ethnocentrize is ethnocentrized.

Words near ethnocentrize in the dictionary

  1. ethnocentricity
  2. ethnocentrism
  3. ethnocentrisms
  4. ethnocentrist
  5. ethnocentrists
  6. ethnocentrize
  7. ethnocentrized
  8. ethnocentrizes
  9. ethnocentrizing
  10. ethnochoreological
  11. ethnochoreologies

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