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  • noun practice of viewing the world from English or Anglo-American perspective, with an implied belief, either consciously or subconsciously, in the preeminence of English or Anglo-American culture

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Examples

  • But later in the decade, when U.K. punk exploded with protest songs like the Clash's class-conscious "White Riot," an overwhelming Anglocentrism begins to color Mr. Lynskey's account.

    Angry Howls, Righteous Beats Michael Azerrad 2011

  • She makes a number of good points, particularly about the Anglocentrism of the list.

    MIND MELD: The Hugo Awards - Success at Picking the Best, How Well it Represents the Genre, 2009 Predictions & Overlooked Titles 2009

  • Second, in the fact that, minus the Anglocentrism, the writer is substantially correct in his observations.

    EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

  • The element of the speech which struck me particularly was its intense Anglocentrism.

    Lord Hoffmann is right about the ECtHR 2009

  • Anglocentrism in the media and US economic/political domination have forced American media, and its attendant “beauty” standards into many other cultures, along with a plethora of other cultural beliefs and standards.

    Fatophobic Sex Scenes in The L Word 2005

  • Anglocentrism which inheres in their attitude after long years of ascendency; the alteration of which they have not yet learned to adjust to in the lessening of British influence in world affairs.

    Irish History Branigan, J.F. 1966

  • González will probably not be alone in gently chiding Carr's liberal assumption that an absence of ideology is not in itself ideological, finding the Puerto Rico book "permeated with Anglocentrism . . . dressed up with doses of British superiority and 'good sense' . . . and occasional condescension which made some of his assertions insulting to Puerto Ricans".

    Top stories from Times Online 2011

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