geocentricityn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)sɛnˈtrɪsᵻti/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˌsɛnˈtrɪsᵻdi/ Astronomy.
= geocentrism n.
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1861 W. Henderson Christianity & Mod. Thought ix. 131 If you imagine that the Bible..is teaching the absolute physical geocentricity of the universe.
1901 L. Magnus tr. T. Gomperz Greek Thinkers i. 122 Heliocentricity superseded geocentricity, and the goal was reached for which Pythagoras and his disciples had smoothed and pointed the way.
1971 Current Anthropol. 12 519/1 This assumption of geocentricity is a good example of the second subsidiary rule.
1997 Independent on Sunday 13 July i. 23/1 The biggest problem in seeking life elsewhere is our psychological geocentricity.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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