Multiple choice general knowledge

The tendency to see one’s own ideas, beliefs and practices superior to that of others is called:

  1. xenophobia

  2. self-orientation

  3. ego-centrism

  4. ethnocentrism
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Explanation

Ethnocentrism refers to the tendency to view one's own culture, beliefs, and practices as superior to those of others. Xenophobia is fear of strangers, ego-centrism is viewing oneself as central, and self-orientation is not a standard sociological term for this concept.

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