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Descriptor English: Ethnocentrism
Descriptor Spanish: Etnocentrismo
Descriptor etnocentrismo
Entry term(s) discriminación basada en el origen étnico
discriminación cultural
discriminación étnica
prejuicio basado en el origen étnico
prejuicio cultural
prejuicio étnico
tribalismo
Scope note: Tendencia emocional que hace de la cultura propia el criterio exclusivo para interpretar los comportamientos de otros grupos, razas o sociedades. (Fuente: Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española. Disponible en: http://dle.rae.es/?id=H4tIzVm) Una tendencia a percibir el mundo desde el punto de vista de la propia cultura. El etnocentrismo puede llevar al racismo cuando se aplica a cuestiones de raza. (Traducción del original: Ethnicity and Race. An Introduction to the Nature of Social Group Differentiation and Inaquality. Glossary of terms. Disponible en: https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/ethnicity/glossary.htm)
Descriptor Portuguese: Etnocentrismo
Descriptor French: Ethnocentrisme
Tree number(s): SP3.311.750.298.589
Scope note: The attitude that one's own group, ethnicity, or nationality is superior to others. (From: Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Available in: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnocentrism) A tendency to perceive the world from the point of view of one's own culture. Ethnocentrism can lead to racism when applied to issues of race. (From: Ethnicity and Race. An Introduction to the Nature of Social Group Differentiation and Inaquality. Glossary of terms. Available in: https://www2.palomar.edu/anthro/ethnicity/glossary.htm)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 57397
Unique ID: DDCS057397
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Ethnocentrisme - Preferred
Concept UI FD00062092
Preferred term Ethnocentrisme



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