sociocentrism · noun — the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society. It carries an Arena rating of 1115, earned across 182 head-to-head judged battles.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sociocentrism ranks #301 of 17,176 for Most Incisive Words, #1,236 of 17,130 for Most Ponderous Words, #5,329 of 17,188 for Words That Escaped Their Books, #8,033 of 17,187 for Most Malleable Words.
Why “sociocentrism” is a great word
SOCIOCENTRISM — [Noun] The tendency to interpret reality through the norms and interests of one's own social group, assuming its centrality or superiority. From the combining form socio- (pertaining to society or social groups) + -centrism (a focus on a specified center, from Greek kentron). First recorded in use c. 1903. Unlike egocentrism (which orbits the solitary self) or ethnocentrism (which elevates a specific ethnicity), sociocentrism is the gravitational pull of the clan. It is the unspoken creed that flavors the family recipe, the invisible boundary drawn by a shared dialect, and the reflexive defense of a team's honor in a pointless barroom argument—a comfortable, collective myopia that mistakes the courtyard for the universe.
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Etymology
From socio- + -centrism.
noun
- The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own social group or society.
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