anthropocentrism

Noun CEFR C2

ˌæn.θɹə.poʊˈsɛn.tɹɪz.m

Definitions

A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of everything, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolantropocentrismo

Françaisanthropocentrisme

DeutschAnthropozentrismus

17 more languages

Catalàantropocentrisme

Češtinaantropocentrismus

Ελληνικάανθρωποκεντρισμός

Suomiantroposentrismi ihmiskeskeisyys

Gaeilgeantrapalárnachas

Bahasa Indonesiaantroposentrisme

Italianoantropocentrismo

日本語人間中心主義

Қазақ тіліантропоцентризм

한국어인간중심주의

Latinaanthropocentrismus

Latviešuantropocentrisms

Polskiantropocentryzm

Portuguêsantropocentrismo

Românăantropocentrism

Русскийантропоцентри́зм

Slovenčinaantropocentrizmus

Examples

“Is challenging anthropocentrism irrelevant and unhelpful? The arguments against human—centredness I have ⟳ advanced in the previous chapter include ⟳ a strongly prudential one for the human species — that anthropocentrism leads to […]”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
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See also

anthropocentrist anthropochore anthropochory anthropocide anthropoclimatology anthropod

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