as social identification and social counter-identification.__TOC__

Origins and development

The term ethnocentrism derives from two Greek words: ethnos, meaning 'nation', and kentron, meaning 'center'. Scholars believe this term was coined by Polish sociologist Ludwig Gumplowicz in the 19th century, although alternate theories suggest that he only popularized the concept as opposed to inventing it. He saw ethnocentrism as a phenomenon similar to the delusions of geocentrism

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