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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. Compare biocentric ( def ).


anthropocentric

/ ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

  1. regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌanthropoˈcentrism, noun
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Other Words From

  • an·thro·po·cen·tri·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropocentric1

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

The name, incidentally, is adjacent to anthropocentric, and concerns relevancy to human experience or existence.

It challenges us to shift our focus from anthropocentric systems—such as time keeping—to the rhythms of nature.

The universally adopted view of the structure of the universe was geocentric, of the world, anthropocentric.

That Mr. Fiske is merely reviving gross anthropocentric views he himself admits.

But if nothing in nature is aimless or useless, this is not to be interpreted in a narrow anthropocentric spirit.

After the geocentric illusion had been destroyed, the anthropocentric illusion still remained.

The degeneration theory has exploded as entirely as the geocentric and anthropocentric theories have vanished.

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