anglocentric
adjective
anglocentric is an adjective meaning “Alternative letter-case form of Anglocentric” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-G-L-O-C-E-N-T-R-I-C, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does anglocentric mean?
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Anglocentric.
adjective
- 1
Focused on England or the people and culture of England.
The historian is criticized for being too Anglocentric.
- 2
Focused excessively on English-speaking countries or their culture.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anglocentric
- more anglocentric comparative
- most anglocentric superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anglocentric?
Anglocentric appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anglocentric in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense focused on England:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anglocentriste |
| German | anglozentrisch |
| Portuguese | anglocêntrico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anglocentric come from?
From anglo- + -centric.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).