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chronocentrism 

Chronocentrism is the belief that, of all the billions of years of history, the times you live in are the culmination of the workings of the Universe.
(i) On March 26 1997 39 members of the Heaven's Gate religious group committed mass suicide in order to live on a spaceship which was following comet Hale-Bopp, and escape the Earth before it was recycled.

Showing Chronocentrism can have tragic consequences

(ii) "The End of History" by Francis Fukuyama

Showing Chronocentric ideas, barely credibly, are taken very seriously by mainstream politics and economics.
chronocentrism by Ann Kittenplan September 13, 2011

carnocentric 

Based mainly on meat, in reference to cuisines.
Colombian food is very carnocentric.
carnocentric by pentozali August 20, 2013

chromocentric 

1. describes conversations/essays/podcasts/etc. that seem to use color (race) as the primary reference point
Some newscasters, too often, take a chromocentric view of their stories.
chromocentric by uncle marty December 1, 2020