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anthroposphere

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an⋅throp⋅o⋅sphere

  [an-throp-uh-sfeer, an-thruh-puh-]
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–noun Ecology.
noosphere.

no⋅o⋅sphere

  [noh-uh-sfeer]
–noun Ecology.
the biosphere including and modified by such human activities as agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, urbanization, and industrialization.
Also called anthroposphere.

Origin:
1940–45; < F noösphere < Gk nóo(s) mind + F sphère sphere
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