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Germanocentric

Germanocentric adjective: centered on or interpreted in terms of Germany.

Adjective

Germanocentric (not comparable)

  1. centered on or interpreted in terms of Germany
    • However, Katz'model was not only Germanocentric, but also primarily focused on high culture.2007, Dan Diner, David B. Ruderman, Schwerpunkt/Special Issue, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 291
    • ... Heidegger will cling to a reading of Western history and philosophy that is purely Germanocentric in all its essentials — ...2005, Charles R. Bambach, Heidegger's Roots: Nietzsche, National Socialism, and the Greeks, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 136

Examples of Germanocentric in a sentence

  • Still, Grieg's views and practice do seem to imply a mild paradox, at least set against the conventional wisdom of Germanocentric historiography, ...2017, Benedict Taylor, Towards a Harmonic Grammar of Grieg's Late Piano Music: Nature and Nationalism, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 141:
  • The Jewish Enlightenment and the movement for emancipation throughout Central Europe were thus based on the Mendelssohnian and very Germanocentric views outlined above.1996, Year Book, →ISBN:

Origin of Germanocentric

From Germano- + -centric.

Questions about Germanocentric

What does Germanocentric mean?
Germanocentric means centered on or interpreted in terms of Germany.
How do you use Germanocentric in a sentence?
Still, Grieg's views and practice do seem to imply a mild paradox, at least set against the conventional wisdom of Germanocentric historiography, ...
What part of speech is Germanocentric?
Germanocentric is an adjective.

Words near Germanocentric in the dictionary

  1. Germanly
  2. Germann
  3. Germanness
  4. Germanns
  5. germano-
  6. Germanocentric
  7. germanocolusite
  8. Germanoid
  9. Germanomania
  10. Germanomaniac
  11. Germanomaniacs

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