geocentrismn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m/, /dʒɪəˈsɛntɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈsɛntrɪzəm/ Astronomy.
The theory or belief that the earth is situated at the centre of the universe; (also) a geocentric outlook.
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1884 Jrnl. Sci. 6 271 Mankind begins with Geocentrism, passed onward through Heliocentrism to the conception of an uncentred Universe, and must now reconcile their conflicting impulses in Autocentrism.
1908 J. Rickaby Scholasticism iii. 79 It may be found that modern philosophy stands to Scholasticism as geocentrism to heliocentrism in astronomy.
1978 I. Kesarcodi-Watson & I. Kesarcodi-Watson tr. V. Lossky Orthodox Theol. ii. 64 This relative silence of the Scriptures..underlines the central importance of the earth, it defines a geocentrism.
1987 G. Bear Forge of God (1988) 78 Edward had always sided with the scientists who thought Earth too puny and out of the way to be of interest to potential spacefarers. Of course, that was geocentrism in reverse.
2010 Stud. Hist. & Philos. Sci. 41 98/1 Salvati complains that geocentrism attributes ‘incredible speeds’ to the sphere of fixed stars.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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