anthropocentrism
[ an-thruh-poh-sen-triz-uhm ]
noun
the view that human beings are the central fact or the final aim and end of the universe.: Compare biocentrism (def. 2).
the tendency to view and interpret everything in terms of human experience, making it the only operative consideration in determining the moral or ethical value of a course of action.: Compare biocentrism (def. 1).
Origin of anthropocentrism
1First recorded in 1905–10; anthropocentr(ic) + -ism
Words Nearby anthropocentrism
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