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

Today, she believes, “If we can move from an androcentric, anthropocentric view to a sex-, gender-, and species-spanning perspective, then we can do good.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

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

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2022

“It’s too anthropocentric, completely missing what land restoration means,” says restoration ecologist David Moreno Mateos of Harvard University.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 27, 2022

The structure of Great Andamanese languages is unlike that of any other language family and is based on an anthropocentric view of the world.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2020

The imagination is subjective, personal, anthropocentric; its movement is from within outwards toward an objectification.

From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen