anthropocentric

adjective

an·​thro·​po·​cen·​tric ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈsen-trik How to pronounce anthropocentric (audio)
1
: considering human beings as the most significant entity of the universe
2
: interpreting or regarding the world in terms of human values and experiences
anthropocentrically adverb
anthropocentrism noun

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Losing big The first anthropocentric claim: Polar bears are a non-native species. Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 27 Sep. 2024 Traditionally, assessing the quality of different habitats and marine environments is done from an anthropocentric perspective. Bycatherine Offord, science.org, 7 Aug. 2024 The idea that consciousness emerges naturally alongside intelligence could be an anthropocentric distortion. Big Think, 24 June 2024 What Bell tests allow physicists to do is remove the bias of anthropocentric aesthetic judgments from the equation. Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for anthropocentric 

Word History

Etymology

anthropo- + -centric, perhaps after German anthropocentrisch (later anthropozentrisch)

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of anthropocentric was in 1855

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“Anthropocentric.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anthropocentric. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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