anthropocentric

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adjective

an·​thro·​po·​cen·​tric ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈsen-trik 

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: considering human beings as the most significant entity of the universe

2

: interpreting or regarding the world in terms of human values and experiences

anthropocentrically

ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈsen-tri-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

anthropocentricity

ˌan(t)-thrə-pō-(ˌ)sen-ˈtri-sə-tē 

noun

anthropocentrism

ˌan(t)-thrə-pō-ˈsen-ˌtri-zəm 

noun

anthropocentricism

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noun

an·​thro·​po·​cen·​tri·​cism

ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈsen-trə-ˌsi-zəm

variants or anthropocentrism

ˌan(t)-thrə-pə-ˈsen-ˌtri-zəm 

plural -s

: an anthropocentric theory or outlook

Examples of anthropocentric in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Readers might think that from the perspective of the dog my engagement with its gaze is naively anthropocentric. —Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Enlightenment humanism is generally understood as anthropocentric, whereas Christianity is theocentric. —Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

If wanting to ascribe feelings to the nonhuman world is an anthropocentric crime, the opposite—failure to ascribe feelings to animals, or to respond creatively to plants—seems much worse, entailing an inert, clockwork universe of mechanistic automata, in which humans are the only conscious actors. —Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026

The customary anthropocentric viewpoint is that humans prevail over all else. —Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

anthropo- + -centric, perhaps after German anthropocentrisch (later anthropozentrisch)

First Known Use

Adjective

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for anthropocentric

• heliocentric
• afrocentric
• egocentric
• ethnocentric
• eurocentric
• geocentric
• metacentric
• multicentric
• polycentric
• centric
• concentric
• eccentric