anthropocentric

American  

[an-thruh-poh-sen-trik] / ˌæn θrə poʊˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

1. regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.

2. assuming human beings to be the final aim and end of the universe.

3. viewing and interpreting everything only in terms of human experience and values.

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anthropocentric British  

/ ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe

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Other Word Forms

• anthropocentrically adverb
• anthropocentrism noun

Etymology

Origin of anthropocentric

First recorded in 1850–55; anthropo- + -centric

Example Sentences

“As a panpsychist, I prefer not to use that term, which, in addition to being vague, is also quite anthropocentric,” Skrbina said.

From Salon

And I would say that’s a more biocentric approach or at the very least it’s less anthropocentric.

From Scientific American

“It just seems very anthropocentric,” Nick Tusay, a Penn State graduate student on the call, said.

From New York Times

And “in this new work,” she adds, “I want to use birds not as anthropocentric symbols but as routes to more vulnerable, attuned encounters with the nonhuman.”

From New York Times

A term like “ultrasound” is “an anthropocentric affectation.”

From New York Times