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human-centered

human-centered

1 4.3
Putting people's needs and comfort first when designing or making decisions
  • adjective
  • /ˈhjuːmənˈsɛntərd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : centrado en el ser humano
  • The new policy reflects a human-centered perspective by emphasizing community input in decision-making.
  • human-centered design

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Examples

  • To improve user satisfaction, organizations must adopt human-centered practices in their service design.

  • There's promise here for the human centered approach.

  • Schools should adopt human-centered methods in decisions, unlike other entities.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Thankfully, the design world is embracing human-centered design and finding new areas of synergistic positive impact.

    Blog text (30)

  • Hartford Hospital should use state-of-the-art, human-centered methods for all trauma courses.

    Blog text (16)

  • In addition, many other words are ascribed to design thinking: optimistic, constructive, experiential, and human-centered.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Last week, I participated in AdExchanger's first-ever conference, which focused on the overall theme of "human-centered automation."

    Blog text (29)

  • These issues are important human-centered aspects of a well-rounded information security professional and should be modeled in CDCs.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Designers increasingly prioritize human-centered approaches to create products that truly meet users' needs.

Synonyms

humanistic
vshuman-centered
6 6.6

Showing respect for people and wanting their well-being

is a practical approach focusing on human needs in decision making or design

Antonyms

inhumane
  • NSFW
37 5.9

Very cruel and causing pain to people or animals

How Biocentric

human-centered
  • Specialized
1 4.3

Surface Forms

human-centered positive
human-centred positive

Morphology

human-centered = human + centered (transparent) = human + center + ed

The adjective is a straightforward compound of 'human' + 'centered', meaning 'centered on humans'; the relation is directly inferable.

Etymology

Human-centered breaks into human ('people') and center ('middle' or 'focus'), which gives a simple picture of people in the middle of attention. That's why a human-centered approach means putting people's needs and experience first when you design things or make choices.