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anthropocentric

anthropocentric

2 9.1
Seeing humans as most important and judging things by human needs
  • adjective
  • /ˌænθrəpoʊˈsɛntrɪk/
translation icon : antropocéntrico
  • Perhaps this reflects an anthropocentric perspective that humans can always eliminate the damaging process and restore the land.
  • anthropocentric perspective
  • anthropocentric approach
  • anthropocentric belief

So our philosophical arguments about things like free will and morality inherently anthropocentric?

Examples

  • So I think even just moving out of this anthropocentric perception or idea of intelligence will be very important.

  • Poetry seemed to share with natural theology an anthropocentric understanding of the natural world.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Any point of view a human can take is an anthropocentric view because we are people.

    Blog text (18)

  • To act as if only humans are having an impact is anthropocentric.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The ecological disasters that we are facing have led us to question an anthropocentric approach to reality.

    Academic text (1992)

  • For example, anthropocentric approaches evaluate physical changes primarily in terms of their importance to human society.

    Academic text (1996)

  • For example, the monetary valuation of species raises the ethical issue of the anthropocentric bias in how value is assigned across species.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Environmental educators may present both anthropocentric and biocentric reasons for engaging in environmentally responsible behavior.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Although the course strives not to be anthropocentric, much discussion centers on how human-made problems subsequently imperil society.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The anthropocentric view suggests that human needs should always come first in environmental policy.

Antonyms

ecocentric
7.9

Putting nature and all living things before people

How Human-Centered

anthropocentric
2 9.1

Surface Forms

anthropocentric positive

Morphology

anthropocentric = centric (semi-transparent) = anthropo + centric

The structure 'anthropo-' (human) + 'centric' (centered) clearly yields 'human-centered', but 'anthropo-' is a Greek combining form rather than a standalone English word and may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Anthropocentric comes from the Greek anthropos meaning 'human' and the root centric, which is like center and means 'in the middle'. So it means being 'human-centered' and treating people as the most important when we think about the world.