Meanings
- informaluncountableThe misbelief that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
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The most famous major challenge was the modern rejection of geocentrism and its acceptance of heliocentrism: that is, the rejection of the view that the sun, planets, and stars all revolve around the earth in favor of the view that the earth and planets revolve around the sun. You can understand why the ancients might have been drawn to geocentrism: it does rather look as if the heavens revolve around the earth, after all, as the sun moves from east to west during the day and then pops up again the next morning in the east.
2009 June 1, Andrew Pessin, The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins Have Said About the Divine, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, section III, page 109
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Catalan geocentrisme
- geocentrismebelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Chinese Mandarin 地心說 /地心说
- 地心說 /地心说belief that Earth is the center of the universe
Czech geocentrismus
- geocentrismusbelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Finnish maakeskisyys
- maakeskisyysbelief that Earth is the center of the universe
French géocentrisme
- géocentrismebelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Italian geocentrismo
- geocentrismobelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Japanese 天動説, 地球中心説
- 天動説 (tendōsetsu)belief that Earth is the center of the universe
- 地球中心説 (Chikyū chūshinsetsu)belief that Earth is the center of the universe
Polish geocentryzm
- geocentryzmbelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Portuguese geocentrismo
- geocentrismobelief that Earth is the center of the universe
Russian геоцентри́зм
- геоцентри́зм (geocentrízm)belief that Earth is the center of the universe
Spanish geocentrismo
- geocentrismobelief that Earth is the center of the universe
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geocentrism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocentrism
“geocentrism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/geocentrism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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