According to sociologist Everett Hughes, "One can think so exclusively in terms of his or her own social world that he or she has no set of concepts for comparing one social world to the next." Hughes is describing
A)cultural genocide.
B)a kind of ethnocentrism.
C)institutional completeness.
D)cultural relativity.

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Hughes is describing a form of ethnocentrism, where individuals evaluate other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of their own culture, leading to a lack of understanding or appreciation for different social worlds.

According to Sociologist Everett Hughes, "One Can Think So Exclusively