A better term here would be cultural imperialism - which is exactly what "Americentrism" itself is an example of:<p>> ... so influential has been the discourse insisting on American specialness, altruism and opportunity, that imperialism in the United States as a word or ideology has turned up only rarely and recently in accounts of the United States culture, politics and history. But the connection between imperial politics and culture in North America, and in particular in the United States, is astonishingly direct[0]<p>"Americentrism" sounds like a term made up by those who recognize this phenomenon from the perspective of people who hold it to be true and can't see the irony in the word itself.<p>[0] - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism#Cultural_imperialism" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_imperialism#Cultural_...</a>
The question posed is: does the word “America” always refer to the US first? As a citizen of the USA, I rarely use the word America to describe where I live. I think it is more common for Europeans (perhaps others as well) to refer to US citizens as “Americans” and the country as “America.” I call citizens of Deutschland “Germans”. The US is the dominant power and economy of the past 100 years. Great Britain preceded the US in that role. Over time, US hegemony will wane (as it is waning now), and we can all complain about the new power instead of worrying about the US or what to call it.