anthropocentric
[an-thruh-poh-sen-trik]
- regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.
- assuming human beings to be the final aim and end of the universe.
- viewing and interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values.
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If pragmatism is not egocentric, it is at least anthropocentric.
A Critical History of Greek PhilosophyW. T. Stace
It shows how desperate, at heart, is the folly of an egotistic or anthropocentric philosophy.
Three Philosophical PoetsGeorge Santayana
Anthropocentric ideas of the beginning and end of the world.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2)John William Draper
That Mr. Fiske is merely reviving gross anthropocentric views he himself admits.
But what may be called the anthropocentric view of wildflowers is now happily becoming obsolete.
The Call of the WildflowerHenry S. Salt
anthropocentric
- regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
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anthropocentric
(ăn′thrə-pə-sĕn′trĭk)- Regarding humans as the central element of the universe.
- Interpreting reality exclusively in terms of human values and experience.
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