anthropic
adjective
an·throp·ic an-ˈthrä-pik 
variants or anthropical
an-ˈthrä-pi-kəl
: of or relating to human beings or the period of their existence on earth
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Weinberg largely avoided the many boring diatribes surrounding the anthropic principle that followed, contenting himself with having pragmatically used anthropic reasoning to make a correct prediction about nature. 
Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 See More
Quanta Magazine, 12 Aug. 2021 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 Questions abound about how the various proposals intersect with anthropic reasoning and the infamous multiverse idea. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 16 June 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Greek anthrōpikós "human," from ánthrōpos "human being" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at anthropo-
First Known Use
circa 1806, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing anthropic
anthropic
adjective
variants or anthropical
as in anthropocentric
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- anthropocentric
- diurnal
- animal
- daily
- physical
- unspiritual
- bodily
- earthly
- terrestrial
- corporeal
- temporal
- corporal
- mundane
- earthbound
- worldly
- sublunary
- terrene
- carnal
- material
- fleshly
- earthborn
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- nontemporal
- metaphysical
- celestial
- religious
- unworldly
- spiritual
- unearthly
- heavenly
- divine
- supernal
- empyrean
- utopian
- extraterrestrial
- sacred
- empyreal
- transcendental
- devotional
- supernatural
- transcendent
- ethereal
- Elysian