Meanings
adjectiveanthropocentric (comparative more anthropocentric, superlative most anthropocentric)
comparative more anthropocentric · superlative most anthropocentric
- Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
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?
2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 325
Origin
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)
- Englishanthropo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
- Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
- Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
- Ancient Greekκεντρικός (kentrikós)
- Englishanthropocentric
Translations
Afrikaans antroposentries
- antroposentriesgiving preference to humans
Basque antropozentriko
- antropozentrikogiving preference to humans
Bulgarian антропоцентри́чен
- антропоцентри́чен (antropocentríčen)giving preference to humans
Catalan antropocèntric
- antropocèntricgiving preference to humans
Chinese Mandarin 以人類為中心的 /以人类为中心的
- 以人類為中心的 /以人类为中心的 (yǐ rénlèi wéi zhōngxīn de)giving preference to humans
Czech antropocentrický
- antropocentrickýgiving preference to humans
Danish antropocentrisk
- antropocentriskgiving preference to humans
Dutch antropocentrisch
- antropocentrischgiving preference to humans
Esperanto antropocentra
- antropocentragiving preference to humans
Estonian antropotsentristlik, antropotsentriline
- antropotsentristlikgiving preference to humans
- antropotsentrilinegiving preference to humans
Finnish ihmiskeskeinen, antroposentrinen
- ihmiskeskeinengiving preference to humans
- antroposentrinengiving preference to humans
French anthropocentrique
- anthropocentriquegiving preference to humans
German anthropozentrisch
- anthropozentrischgiving preference to humans
Greek ανθρωποκεντρικός
- ανθρωποκεντρικός (anthropokentrikós)giving preference to humans
Hebrew אַנְתְּרוֹפּוֹצֶנְטְרִי
- אַנְתְּרוֹפּוֹצֶנְטְרִיgiving preference to humans
Hindi मानवकेंद्रित, मनुष्यकेंद्रित
- मानवकेंद्रित (mānavkendrit)giving preference to humans
- मनुष्यकेंद्रित (manuṣyakendrit)giving preference to humans
Hungarian antropocentrikus
- antropocentrikusgiving preference to humans
Indonesian antroposentris
- antroposentrisgiving preference to humans
Irish antrapalárnach
- antrapalárnachgiving preference to humans
Italian antropocentrico
- antropocentricogiving preference to humans
Latin anthropocentricus
- anthropocentricusgiving preference to humans
Latvian antropocentrisks
- antropocentrisksgiving preference to humans
Lithuanian antropocentrinis, antropocentriškas
- antropocentrinisgiving preference to humans
- antropocentriškasgiving preference to humans
Norwegian Bokmål antroposentrisk
- antroposentriskgiving preference to humans
Polish antropocentryczny
- antropocentrycznygiving preference to humans
Portuguese antropocêntrico
- antropocêntricogiving preference to humans
Romanian antropocentric, антропочентрик
- antropocentricgiving preference to humans
- антропочентрик (antropocentric)giving preference to humans
Russian антропоцентрический
- антропоцентрический (antropocentričeskij)giving preference to humans
Slovak antropocentrický
- antropocentrickýgiving preference to humans
Spanish antropocéntrico
- antropocéntricogiving preference to humans
Swedish antropocentrisk
- antropocentriskgiving preference to humans
Tagalog antroposentriko
- antroposentrikogiving preference to humans
Turkish antroposantrik, antroposentrik
- antroposantrikgiving preference to humans
- antroposentrikgiving preference to humans
Ukrainian антропоцентри́чний
- антропоцентри́чний (antropocentrýčnyj)giving preference to humans
Yiddish אַנטראָפּאָצענטריש
- אַנטראָפּאָצענטריש (antropotsentrish)giving preference to humans
Cite this entry
APA
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Chicago
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