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anthropogenic, a.|-ˈdʒɛnɪk|
1. [f. anthropogeny + ] Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1952Gerth & Martindale tr. Weber's Anc. Jud. ix. 227 The cosmogonic and anthropogenic myths are of secondary importance in Yahwistic religiosity.
2. [f. anthropo- + ] Having its origin in the activities of man.
1923A. G. Tansley Pract. Plant Ecol. iv. 48 Where he [sc. man] has introduced a more or less permanent modifying factor or set of factors, we have biotic (anthropogenic) climaxes or some stage of development towards them. 1939― Brit. Islands & Vegetation vi. 129 All the factors mentioned—felling, mowing, grazing, and fire—are sometimes loosely termed ‘biotic factors’, though they would be more properly called anthropogenic factors, and the climaxes they produce anthropogenic climaxes. Among the anthropogenic factors the grazing factor is biotic in the strict sense. 1947Nature 11 Jan. 45/1 The virgin forest..and even the forest nursery are viewed as possible systems of this kind maintained either by natural or anthropogenic forces. 1960N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. vii. 200 Leaving aside the so-called ‘anthropogenic relics’ whose areas have become drastically reduced through the activities of Man.
Add: Hence anthropoˈgenically adv.
1982Environmental Sci. XVI. 23 (title) Anthropogenically derived changes in the sedimentary flux of Mg, Cr, Ni, Cu, Zn, Hg, Pb, and P in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. 1991Forestry LXIV. 417 The thesis of the American Marshall Institute that a reduction of solar radiation over the coming centuries will effectively offset the effects of anthropogenically induced warming. |