anthropocentric

American  

[an-thruh-poh-sen-trik] / ˌæn θrə poʊˈsɛn trɪk /

adjective

1. regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.

2. assuming human beings to be the final aim and end of the universe.

3. viewing and interpreting everything only in terms of human experience and values.

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anthropocentric British  

/ ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk /

adjective

1. regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe

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Other Word Forms

• anthropocentrically adverb
• anthropocentrism noun

Etymology

Origin of anthropocentric

First recorded in 1850–55; anthropo- + -centric

Example Sentences

And I would say that’s a more biocentric approach or at the very least it’s less anthropocentric.

From Scientific American • Feb. 7, 2023

Today, she believes, “If we can move from an androcentric, anthropocentric view to a sex-, gender-, and species-spanning perspective, then we can do good.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

And “in this new work,” she adds, “I want to use birds not as anthropocentric symbols but as routes to more vulnerable, attuned encounters with the nonhuman.”

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2022

Why does William Baxter adopt an anthropocentric environmental ethic?

From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022

But it received its chief support on the zoological side from Anton Dohrn, who maintained the anthropocentric ideas of Snell with particular ability.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August