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Anglocentric

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An·glo·cen·tric  (nggl-sntrk)
adj.
Centered or focused on England or the English, especially in relation to historical or cultural influence: "[His] view of American culture from its very origins is almost truculently Anglocentric" (Jack Miles).

Anglo·centrism n.


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The news would be just as objective as the BBC/Ch4 (which admittedly aren't perfect, but are far too anglocentric - Welsh/Scottish stories are normally "fringe" ones, and never specific - stories happen in Wales, not the locality.
One suspects that when it comes to familiarity with such, for the anglocentric reader, abstruse subjects, Updike rather has the edge on us; look at the way he drops in that "Magister" and "Aabye".
 
 
 
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