biocentricadj.

Brit.

/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S.

/ˌbaɪoʊˈsɛntrɪk/,

/ˌbaɪəˈsɛntrɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, centric adj.

Etymology: < bio- comb. form + centric adj.

Originally: centring in life; regarding or treating life in general (rather than just human life) as a central fact of the universe. Later also: designating or relating to the view that the rights and needs of humans are not more important than those of other living things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > centring in

biocentric1899

biocentral1905

1882 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 1879–82 1 97 The illustrations adduced were grouped under three general heads, viz., i, such as exhibit a condition generally unfavorable to life on the globe, either of men, animals, or plants—anti-biocentric facts [etc.].]

1899 R. Meldola in Nature 5 Jan. 217/1 In brief, there has arisen a set of ideas which are even broader than ‘anthropocentric’, and which might fairly be designated biocentric.

1913 L. J. Henderson Fitness Environm. 312 The biologist may now rightly regard the universe in its very essence as biocentric.

1952 V. A. Demant Relig. & Decline of Capitalism vii. 169 Bio-centric living supplants logo-centric living when the latter claims too much.

1989–90 Beshara Winter 12/3 How far would the different traditions incline towards a biocentric as opposed to an anthropocentric point of view?

2002 Guardian 9 Nov. (Review section) 13/3 Barrow reveals how bio-centric such an argument is: there cannot be life around to witness those moments when the constants might not have aligned to allow carbon-based life in the universe.

Derivatives

bioˈcentrically adv. from a biocentric point of view.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > centring in life

biocentrically1913

1913 L. J. Henderson Fitness Environm. 110 Water is the one fit substance for its place in the process of universal evolution, when we regard that process biocentrically.

1942 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 50 820 It thus opposed the eighteenth-century principle of ‘mechanical causality’ and sought to supplant this ‘logocentric’ approach with a ‘genetic’ or ‘biocentrically oriented’ interpretation of events.

1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 63/2 I do believe..that for humans to teach themselves to think more biocentrically will be indispensable toward the redirection of human thinking about humanity's place on this planet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	biocentric
释义	biocentricadj. Brit. /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrɪk/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˈsɛntrɪk/, /ˌbaɪəˈsɛntrɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bio- comb. form, centric adj. Etymology: < bio- comb. form + centric adj. Originally: centring in life; regarding or treating life in general (rather than just human life) as a central fact of the universe. Later also: designating or relating to the view that the rights and needs of humans are not more important than those of other living things. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > centring in biocentric1899 biocentral1905 1882 Trans. Anthropol. Soc. Washington 1879–82 1 97 The illustrations adduced were grouped under three general heads, viz., i, such as exhibit a condition generally unfavorable to life on the globe, either of men, animals, or plants—anti-biocentric facts [etc.].] 1899 R. Meldola in Nature 5 Jan. 217/1 In brief, there has arisen a set of ideas which are even broader than ‘anthropocentric’, and which might fairly be designated biocentric. 1913 L. J. Henderson Fitness Environm. 312 The biologist may now rightly regard the universe in its very essence as biocentric. 1952 V. A. Demant Relig. & Decline of Capitalism vii. 169 Bio-centric living supplants logo-centric living when the latter claims too much. 1989–90 Beshara Winter 12/3 How far would the different traditions incline towards a biocentric as opposed to an anthropocentric point of view? 2002 Guardian 9 Nov. (Review section) 13/3 Barrow reveals how bio-centric such an argument is: there cannot be life around to witness those moments when the constants might not have aligned to allow carbon-based life in the universe. Derivatives bioˈcentrically adv. from a biocentric point of view. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adverb] > centring in life biocentrically1913 1913 L. J. Henderson Fitness Environm. 110 Water is the one fit substance for its place in the process of universal evolution, when we regard that process biocentrically. 1942 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 50 820 It thus opposed the eighteenth-century principle of ‘mechanical causality’ and sought to supplant this ‘logocentric’ approach with a ‘genetic’ or ‘biocentrically oriented’ interpretation of events. 1999 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 2 Dec. 63/2 I do believe..that for humans to teach themselves to think more biocentrically will be indispensable toward the redirection of human thinking about humanity's place on this planet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1899
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