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ethnocentric monoculturalism  

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  • Ethnocentric (valuing of one's ethnic/cultural group over others) monoculturalism (belief in one “right” culture) is an unconscious or conscious overvaluation of one's own cultural beliefs and practices, and simultaneous invalidation of other cultural worldviews. In application, ethnocentric monoculturalism posits the individual's culture as normal and valid. [Source: Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology; Ethnocentric Monoculturalism]

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