anthropogenic

adjective

an·​thro·​po·​gen·​ic ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈje-nik 

: of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature

anthropogenic pollutants

anthropogenically

ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈje-ni-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of anthropogenic in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Besides carbon dioxide, quite a few other chemicals have been dumped into our air by industry and other anthropogenic sources. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 27 Feb. 2025

The researchers will next turn their study to how anthropogenic changes will impact the start of the next ice age. —Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025

Sea level rise — mostly due to glacial melt largely caused by anthropogenic climate change — has been a hot button topic for the past half century. —Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

But anthropogenic evolution is happening here and now. —Lee Alan Dugatkin, Scientific American, 14 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

anthropo- + -genic

First Known Use

circa 1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anthropogenic

• angiogenic
• atherogenic
• carcinogenic
• cardiogenic
• embryogenic
• iatrogenic
• immunogenic
• metallogenic
• methanogenic
• nonpathogenic
• odontogenic
• osteogenic

Medical Definition

anthropogenic

adjective

an·​thro·​po·​gen·​ic -pə-ˈjen-ik 

: of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature

anthropogenic sources of pollution