biocentric

[bahy-oh-sen-trik]

adjective

centered in life; having life as its principal fact.

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Origin of biocentric

First recorded in 1885–90; bio- + -centric

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Examples from the Web for biocentric

Historical Examples of biocentric

These questions belong to metaphysics, and vitalistic or biocentric conceptions may be valid in the metaphysical sphere.
John Dewey's logical theory
Delton Thomas Howard
The biologist, he thinks, "may now rightly regard the universe in its very essence as biocentric."
The Christian Faith Under Modern Searchlights
William Hallock Johnson

Word Origin and History for biocentric

adj.

also bio-centric, 1889, from bio- + -centric. Anti-biocentric attested from 1882.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper