anthropocentric

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -centric.

Adjective

anthropocentric (comparative more anthropocentric, superlative most anthropocentric)

1. Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
   • 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 325:

     But just as we recognize that nature doesn't provide a very good guide for human social conduct, isn't it anthropocentric of us to assume that our moral system offers an adequate guide for what should happen in nature?

Derived terms

• anthropocentrically
• anthropocentricity
• anthropocentrise, anthropocentrize
• anthropocentrism
• anthropocentrist
• antianthropocentric

 

Translations

giving preference to humans

• Asturian: antropocéntricu
• Belarusian: антрапацэнтры́чны (antrapacentrýčny)
• Catalan: antropocèntric
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• Czech: antropocentrický
• Estonian: antropotsentristlik, antropotsentriline
• Finnish: ihmiskeskeinen
• French: anthropocentrique (fr)
• Galician: antropocéntrico (gl)
• German: anthropozentrisch (de)
• Greek: ανθρωποκεντρικός (el) (anthropokentrikós)
• Hindi: मानवकेंद्रित (mānavkendrit), मनुष्यकेंद्रित (manuṣyakendrit)
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• Irish: antrapalárnach
• Italian: antropocentrico (it)
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• Polish: antropocentryczny (pl)
• Portuguese: antropocêntrico
• Russian: антропоцентрический (ru) m (antropocentričeskij)
• Spanish: antropocéntrico (es)
• Ukrainian: антропоцентри́чний (antropocentrýčnyj)