NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethnocentrism, a term coined by William Graham Sumner, is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of your own ethnic culture and the belief that that is in fact the “right” way to look at the world. For instance, reluctance or aversion to trying another culture’s cuisine is ethnocentric.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ethnocentrism commonly refers to the tendency to view the world through the lens of one’s own culture. This perspective typically engenders feelings of cultural superiority and has been used to justify the prejudicial treatment of outsider groups.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is the difference between ethnocentrism and Xenocentrism? Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s own culture/nation is superior to all others, while xenocentrism is the belief that other cultures are better than one’s own culture/nation.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three levels of ethnocentrism: a positive one, a negative one and an extreme negative one. The positive definition defines ethnocentrism as “the point of view that one’s own way of life is to be preferred to all others” (Herskovits, p. 21).