Definition of Anthropocene in English:
Anthropocene
adjective ˈanθrəpəˌsiːnˈænθrəpəˌsin
1Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Anthropocene era, freshwater will be in different places where it exists at all.
- The Earth has entered the so-called Anthropocene Erathe geological era in which humans are a significant and sometimes dominating environmental force.
- Human impact on climate has made this the "Anthropocene Age."
- Well, if we bring extinction events closer to home, there is our very own omnipresent, continually unfolding, late Holocene (or early Anthropocene, according to some) extinction event.
- The idea that we have already entered an Anthropocene Era exaggerates our impact on the Earth.
- 1.1as noun the Anthropocene The Anthropocene period.
Origin
Early 21st century: from anthropo-, on the pattern of Holocene, Pleistocene, etc..
Definition of Anthropocene in US English:
Anthropocene
adjectiveˈanTHrəpəˌsēnˈænθrəpəˌsin
1Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Anthropocene era, freshwater will be in different places where it exists at all.
- The idea that we have already entered an Anthropocene Era exaggerates our impact on the Earth.
- The Earth has entered the so-called Anthropocene Erathe geological era in which humans are a significant and sometimes dominating environmental force.
- Well, if we bring extinction events closer to home, there is our very own omnipresent, continually unfolding, late Holocene (or early Anthropocene, according to some) extinction event.
- Human impact on climate has made this the "Anthropocene Age."
- 1.1as noun the Anthropocene The Anthropocene period.
Origin
Early 21st century: from anthropo-, on the pattern of Holocene, Pleistocene, etc..