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anthropic

[ an-throp-ik ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to human beings or their span of existence on earth.


anthropic

/ ænˈθrɒpɪk /

adjective

  1. of or relating to human beings


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Word History and Origins

Origin of anthropic1

First recorded in 1795–1805, anthropic is from the Greek word anthrōpikós human. See anthropo-, -ic

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Example Sentences

This observation has led to one of the most divisive points in modern physics: the anthropic principle.

Paine's pamphlet of this year on "Agrarian Justice" should be considered part of the theophil-anthropic movement.

Those in the lower of the anthropic layers consist of twenty-three species of quadrupeds and some bones of birds.

In Belgium the earlier anthropic period has been characterised as that of the mammoth.

But upon the loftier level of anthropic interests, less of harmony prevailed, and more of hot contention.

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