anthropocentrism

/ˌæn.θɹə.poʊˈsɛn.tɹɪz.m/

noun

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

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homocentricismhumanocentrismanthropocentricity
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Meanings

nounanthropocentrism (countable and uncountable, plural anthropocentrisms)

plural anthropocentrisms

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

    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 […]

    2005, Val Plumwood, Environmental Culture: The Ecological Crisis of Reason, Routledge, →ISBN, page 123

    Synonyms: homocentricism, humanocentrism

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
homocentricismhumanocentrism

More synonyms by meaning

nounan inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values

Similar
anthropocentricity
Broader
partialitypartisanship
Also see
anthropocentricityhumancentrism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Originated 1905-1910, anthropocentric + -ism. Equivalent to anthropo- + -centrism.

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Translations

Catalan antropocentrisme
  • antropocentrismeviewpoint
Chinese Mandarin 人類中心主義 /人类中心主义
  • 人類中心主義 /人类中心主义 (rénlèizhōngxīnzhǔyì)viewpoint
Czech antropocentrismus
  • antropocentrismusviewpoint
Finnish ihmiskeskeisyys, antroposentrismi
  • ihmiskeskeisyysviewpoint
  • antroposentrismiviewpoint
French anthropocentrisme
  • anthropocentrismeviewpoint
German Anthropozentrismus
  • Anthropozentrismusviewpoint
Greek ανθρωποκεντρισμός
  • ανθρωποκεντρισμός (anthropokentrismós)viewpoint
Indonesian antroposentrisme
  • antroposentrismeviewpoint
Irish antrapalárnachas
  • antrapalárnachasviewpoint
Italian antropocentrismo
  • antropocentrismoviewpoint
Japanese 人間中心主義
  • 人間中心主義 (ningenchūshinshugi)viewpoint
Korean 인간중심주의
  • 인간중심주의 (in'ganjungsimjuui)viewpoint
Latin anthropocentrismus
  • anthropocentrismusviewpoint
Latvian antropocentrisms
  • antropocentrismsviewpoint
Lithuanian antropocentrizmas
  • antropocentrizmasviewpoint
Malay antroposentrisme
  • antroposentrismeviewpoint
Persian انسانمحوری
  • انسانمحوریviewpoint
Polish antropocentryzm
  • antropocentryzmviewpoint
Portuguese antropocentrismo
  • antropocentrismoviewpoint
Romanian antropocentrism
  • antropocentrismviewpoint
Russian антропоцентри́зм
  • антропоцентри́зм (antropocentrízm)viewpoint
Slovak antropocentrizmus
  • antropocentrizmusviewpoint
Spanish antropocentrismo
  • antropocentrismoviewpoint
Swedish antropocentrism
  • antropocentrismviewpoint
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa duy con người
  • chủ nghĩa duy con ngườiviewpoint
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