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Recent Examples of anthropocentric
The customary anthropocentric viewpoint is that humans prevail over all else.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
An older protester in a puffy orange jacket chided him for being too anthropocentric.
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Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
This anthropocentric perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist Ernst Haeckel drew one of the first trees of life.
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Kevin Omland,
The Conversation,
9 Feb. 2026
In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, anthropologist Christine Webb argues that a lot of science research is shaped by human exceptionalism, reinforcing biases and anthropocentric assumptions.
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Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
An older protester in a puffy orange jacket chided him for being too anthropocentric.
—
Robert Moor,
New Yorker,
2 Mar. 2026
This anthropocentric perspective was entrenched in 1866, when German scientist Ernst Haeckel drew one of the first trees of life.
—
Kevin Omland,
The Conversation,
9 Feb. 2026
In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, anthropologist Christine Webb argues that a lot of science research is shaped by human exceptionalism, reinforcing biases and anthropocentric assumptions.
—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
8 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for anthropocentric
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anthropocentric
unspiritual
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When the 1990s brought an emphasis on art being viewed as unspiritual, unpoetical, socioeconomic evidence, the perspective on Cole changed.
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“Anthropocentric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anthropocentric. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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