Etymology

apanthropinisation

Today it means: The broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἀπ-
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀπ-“off, away”
  2. English todayapanthropinisation

Coined by C. Grant B. Allen in 1880 in volume 5 of the quarterly-review journal Mind : Ap- (from Ancient Greek ἀπ- (ap-, “off, away”)) + anthropinism (“human-focused consideration”) + -isation, noun suffix denoting the action of the suffixed verb. See also apanthropy.

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