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Swedocentric

Swedocentric adjective: interpreted in terms of or centered on Sweden.

Adjective

Swedocentric (not comparable)

  1. interpreted in terms of or centered on Sweden
    • The question is whether, having abandoned a largely inapplicable Swedocentric standard for other countries, we have arrived at the opposite extreme where no common standards exist any longer.2012, Peter Koslowski, Andreas Follesdal, Restructuring the Welfare State: Theory and Reform of Social Policy, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 100
    • Our perspective is somewhat Swedocentric.2010, James S. Fishkin, Robert E. Goodin, Population and Political Theory, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 159

Examples of Swedocentric in a sentence

  • First and foremost, purely cross-sectional studies are trapped in what Michael Shalev (1983) has called the Swedocentric fallacy: ...1992, Professor Marino Regini, The Future of Labour Movements, SAGE, →ISBN, page 134:
  • These trends are, firstly, the Swedocentric trend which sees Sweden as a model and all other countries as a deviation from it; ...2005, Development and Society:

Origin of Swedocentric

From Swedo- + -centric.

Questions about Swedocentric

What does Swedocentric mean?
Swedocentric means interpreted in terms of or centered on Sweden.
How do you use Swedocentric in a sentence?
First and foremost, purely cross-sectional studies are trapped in what Michael Shalev (1983) has called the Swedocentric fallacy: ...
What part of speech is Swedocentric?
Swedocentric is an adjective.

Words near Swedocentric in the dictionary

  1. Swedishly
  2. Swedishness
  3. Swedistan
  4. Swedland
  5. Swedo-
  6. Swedocentric
  7. Swedophile
  8. Swedophiles
  9. Swedophobe
  10. Swedophobes
  11. Swedophone

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