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sociocentrism

sociocentrism noun: the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.

Noun

sociocentrism (uncountable)

  1. The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.

Origin of sociocentrism

From socio- + -centrism.

Questions about sociocentrism

What does sociocentrism mean?
Sociocentrism means the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
What part of speech is sociocentrism?
Sociocentrism is a noun.

Words near sociocentrism in the dictionary

  1. sociobiologists
  2. sociobiology
  3. sociobiomedical
  4. sociocentric
  5. sociocentricity
  6. sociocentrism
  7. sociochemical
  8. sociochemistry
  9. sociochronobiology
  10. sociocidal
  11. sociocide

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