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anthropic

[an-throp-ik]
adjective
  1. of or relating to human beings or their span of existence on earth.
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Also an·throp·i·cal.

Origin of anthropic

First recorded in 1795–1805, anthropic is from the Greek word anthrōpikós human. See anthropo-, -ic
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  • Those in the lower of the anthropic layers consist of twenty-three species of quadrupeds and some bones of birds.

  • But upon the loftier level of anthropic interests, less of harmony prevailed, and more of hot contention.

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    R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for anthropic

anthropic

adjective
  1. of or relating to human beings
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Word Origin and History for anthropic

adj.

"pertaining to man," 1836, from Greek anthropikos "human," from anthropos "male human being, man" (see anthropo-). Related: Anthropical (1804).

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