anthropocentricadjective
uk/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈsen.trɪk/us/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈsen.trɪk/formalconsidering humans and their existence as the most important and central fact in the universe
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anthropocentrism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈsen.trɪ.zəm/us/ˌæn.θrə.pəˈsen.trɪ.zəm/
Examples from literature
- After the geocentric illusion had been destroyed, the anthropocentric illusion still remained.
- Among the things it hadn't attained to was the easy anthropocentric attitude that is part of our civilisation.
- Of course, so long as the geocentric and anthropocentric illusions dominate, it is natural that the lore of stability should impress itself upon science and life.
- The anthropocentric illusion rebelled against the word of Darwin, accusing him of lowering the human life to the level of the dirt or of the brute.
- While the geocentric and anthropocentric illusions have been dispelled, the illusion of the immobility and eternity of classes still persists.