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ethnocentric

 adjective
     
Related topics: Race Relations
eth‧no‧cen‧tric
SSR based on the idea that your own race, nation, group etc is better than any other - used in order to show disapproval:
ethnocentric history textbooks
—ethnocentrism noun [uncountable]
—ethnocentricity noun [uncountable]
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