What is the opposite of ethnocentric in accorance to Anthropology?

Meranda F · #1 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008, 05:04 AM

my teacher, two years ago, talked about anthropology and gave the opposite term for ethnocentrism , but I cant remember it. If you study anthro what is the term?
forgive my stupid spelling!!!

Marie · #2 (**permalink**) 04-22-2008, 05:05 AM

Cultural relativism?

cul·tur·al rel·a·tiv·ism

noun

Definition:

judging cultures on their own terms: the principle that people should not judge the behavior of others using the standards of their own culture, and that each culture must be analyzed on its own terms

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