Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is completely egoistical ideology of one culture. Ethnocentric people look other culture by own culture. They think only their culture is superior than other culture. So they look other culture low with ignorance, prejudice, misunderstanding. Sinocentrism is a example of Ethnocentrism. Chinese called other countries '남만북적(southern and northern barbarians)' with emphasize their superiority. Ethnocentrism have positive and negative things.
Positive thing
Ethnocentrism makes people being one. And It make people loving their own culture, continuing own culture, improving their culture.
Negative thing
Ethnocentrism people think only the national culture, and rejection of other cultures. And this may lead to international isolation. For discrimination and ignorance other countries, it makes ethnic, national conflict.
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