E. B. Tylor and other eighteenth-century thinkers asserted that "primitives" around the world would eventually evolve through the stages of barbarism to become civilized like Europeans, but these "primitives" would need assistance from the civilized world to reach this ultimate, ideal stage. This perception that Western society is the center of the civilized world and non-Western societies are inherently inferior is called:

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This perception that Western society is the center of the civilized world and non-Western societies are inherently inferior is called ethnocentrism. It is the belief that one's own cultural traditions and norms are superior to those of other cultures. It often leads to a lack of respect for other cultures and can result in discrimination and prejudice against them.

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