anthropogenic

[ an-thruh-puh-jen-ik ]

/ ˌæn θrə pəˈdʒɛn ɪk /

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adjective

caused or produced by humans: anthropogenic air pollution.

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Origin of anthropogenic

First recorded in 1885–90; anthropo- + -genic

Words nearby anthropogenic

Anthropocene, anthropocentric, anthropocentricity, anthropocentrism, anthropogenesis, anthropogenic, anthropogeography, anthropography, anthropoid, anthropoid ape, Anthropoidea

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How to use anthropogenic in a sentence

Such anthropogenic aerosols now account for about one in every 10 aerosols in the atmosphere.
Explainer: What are aerosols?|Ellie Broadman|February 18, 2021|Science News For Students
First, they needed to show exactly how much anthropogenic warming had shifted temperatures around Lake Palcacocha.
A looming climate disaster threatens the lives of 6,000 Peruvians|Philip Kiefer|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
That’s shockingly early in most people’s view of when anthropogenic climate change became an issue.
A looming climate disaster threatens the lives of 6,000 Peruvians|Philip Kiefer|February 9, 2021|Popular-Science
They might have some kind of anthropogenic feature, like fences, or roads, or buildings.
A new mapping method could help humans and wildlife coexist|Philip Kiefer|February 4, 2021|Popular-Science

Over many thousands of years, the group states, “dogs have evolved to survive in the anthropogenic environment.”
Cognitive Scientists Are Going to the Dogs - Issue 95: Escape|Gareth Wilmer|February 3, 2021|Nautilus
Over 900 peer-reviewed scientific articles have adduced evidence that anthropogenic climate change is real.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Only 27 percent accept the scientific consensus that anthropogenic climate change is real.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times|Jay Michaelson|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.
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The overwhelming evidence points to the reality of anthropogenic global warming.
The Ridiculous Global-Warming Freakout|Tunku Varadarajan|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Bjorn, what do you think of the American "conservative" politicians who deny that anthropogenic warming exists?
The Ridiculous Global-Warming Freakout|Tunku Varadarajan|November 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for anthropogenic

anthropogenic

/ (ˌænθrəpəʊˈdʒɛnɪk) /

adjective

relating to anthropogenesis

created by people or caused by human activityanthropogenic pollution

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Scientific definitions for anthropogenic

anthropogenic

[ ăn′thrə-pə-jĕn′ĭk ]

Caused or influenced by humans. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide is that portion of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is produced directly by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, rather than by such processes as respiration and decay.