Cultural Superiority Complex Term
Tendency of people to consider their own culture as superior to all others is known as:
- Ethnocentrism — Correct Answer
- Fidelity
- Perception
- Social taboo
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is defined as the tendency of a person or group to consider their own culture as superior to all others. It leads to judging other cultures by the standards of one's own culture.
Related Cultural Concepts
- Ethnocentrism: Believing one's own culture is superior
- Acculturation: Contact between cultures — when people of different cultures come in contact with each other and exchange traits
- Culture: Includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, law, customs, and habits acquired by a person as a member of society
- Customs: Accepted everyday ways of doing things
- Norms: Social expectations that guide behavior (e.g., shaking hands before formal introduction)
Social Taboos in Animal Husbandry
- Sirvi community of Rajasthan — considers milk as religious object ('Doodh becha – Poot becha')
- Raika community of Rajasthan — camel rearing community
- Bishnoi community — killing/hunting of deer & antelope
- Hindu — cow slaughter
- Muslim — pig rearing & pork eating
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