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Answer for the clue "Seeing other cultures through one's own ", 12 letters:
ethnocentric

Word definitions for ethnocentric in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He argued that it is too simplistic, and indeed ethnocentric , to dismiss such peoples as irrational and unscientific. ▪ It also helps us understand the ethnocentric and ruling-class view of much conservative criminology. ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Of or pertaining to ethnocentrism.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
ethnocentric \ethnocentric\ adj. centered on a specific ethnic group, usually one's own; exhibiting ethnocentrism (in both senses).

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"believing that one's own nation is the center of civilization," 1891, from ethno- + -centric ; a technical term in social sciences until it began to be more widely used in the second half of the 20th century. Related: Ethnocentricity ; ethnocentrism (1902).\n\nDr. ...

Usage examples of ethnocentric.

We see it in Marx: rationality, as a worldcentric mode of cognition, will, with its economic developments, overcome egocentric and ethnocentric class divisions and usher in a true communion of equally free subjects.