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negrocentric 

When black people won't talk to you because you're white. The usual cause of segregation in schools or the military. Whereas white people are generally open and friendly to people of other races, blacks generally are more standoffish; tending to hang with people of their own race. Possibly one of the negative side-effects of having one's ancestors owned by another's.
"Man you notice how none of the black dudes never talk to us?"

"Don't sweat it they're just being negrocentric.
negrocentric by wannabeawigger October 9, 2008

Negrocentric 

Of, or pertaining to negroes.
My hair is looking very negrocentric today.

I like Christmas, but I love the negrocentric qualities of Kwanzaa.
Negrocentric by GhostParty May 7, 2020

necrocentric 

Action or item associated with a fascination of death.
her taste in art is necrocentric
necrocentric by Illharbinger January 31, 2015

Neurocentrist Supremacism

A closely related term emphasizing the centrality of the brain as the primary, often sole, locus of explanation for human experience. Neurocentrist supremacism claims that the brain is the “seat” of all mental life, and that any account of cognition, emotion, or behavior that does not ultimately refer to the brain is superficial or misguided. It often dismisses embodied, extended, or distributed cognition frameworks, treating them as unscientific. This supremacism is less about neuroscience per se and more about a metaphysical commitment to brain‑based reductionism.
Example: “He argued that thinking could only happen inside skulls, rejecting research on distributed cognition and tool‑based reasoning. Neurocentrist supremacism: insisting that the brain is the only possible site of intelligence.”

Neurocentrist Fanaticism

An extreme, uncritical commitment to the brain as the unique source of mind, coupled with hostility toward any perspective that attributes cognitive or affective processes to the body, environment, social relations, or artifacts. The neurocentrist fanatic reacts with outrage to suggestions that memory might be partly stored in external media or that emotions are shaped by cultural practices. They view such ideas as threats to the “truth” of brain‑based explanation and often engage in aggressive online campaigns against embodied or extended mind theorists.
Example: “He called embodied cognition ‘pseudoscience’ and its proponents ‘deluded.’ Neurocentrist fanaticism: treating a legitimate research program as heresy because it challenges brain‑centered dogma.”

Neurocentrist Fundamentalism

A rigid, literalist interpretation of the principle that “the brain produces the mind,” taken to imply that the brain is the only relevant level of analysis. Neurocentrist fundamentalism rejects any form of downward causation (mind influencing brain) and treats consciousness as an epiphenomenon. It often denies the reality of psychological constructs like intention or belief because they are not “located” in specific brain regions. This fundamentalism is a form of eliminative materialism, insisting that folk psychology will eventually be replaced by neural vocabulary.

Example: “He claimed that beliefs didn’t really exist—only patterns of neural firing. Neurocentrist fundamentalism: eliminating the very concepts that make human life intelligible, all to preserve a dogmatic reductionism.”

Neurocentrist Dogmatism

The unreflective assertion that any phenomenon must be explained by looking inside the brain, regardless of whether the phenomenon is social, historical, or cultural. Neurocentrist dogmatism rejects the possibility of autonomous explanations at higher levels, insisting that “real” explanations are always neural. It appears in claims like “violence is caused by brain chemistry, not poverty” or “love is just oxytocin, not relationship history.” It ignores the fact that brains are embedded in bodies, societies, and environments that co‑constitute experience.
Example: “He attributed addiction entirely to dopamine circuits, dismissing social and economic factors as irrelevant. Neurocentrist dogmatism: reducing complex, multi‑level phenomena to a single neural dimension.”

Neurocentrist Orthodoxy

The established institutional and intellectual consensus that privileges brain‑centered explanations across psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. This orthodoxy dictates funding priorities, publication standards, and career advancement, often marginalizing researchers who focus on environmental, developmental, or systemic factors. It is reinforced by the prestige of neuroimaging technology and the assumption that “seeing the brain” provides a more fundamental understanding than observing behavior or social interaction. The orthodoxy can persist even when its explanatory yield is modest.

Example: “Her research on childhood trauma’s long‑term effects was rejected by a journal because it didn’t include neuroimaging. Neurocentrist orthodoxy: demanding a particular method as the price of legitimacy.”