anthropocentric

[an-thruh-poh-sen-trik]

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.

anthropocentric

/ ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• anthropocentrically adverb
• anthropocentrism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropocentric¹

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

Example Sentences

In these and other parables, Jesus points us to the deficiency of our anthropocentric conception of fairness, directing our attention to something deeper about God’s love.

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

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

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As she dug in, she said she noticed something else: “Not only is human medicine anthropocentric, it’s androcentric” — that is, focused on cisgender men.

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

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