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anthropocentric

/an-thruh-poh-sen-trik/US // ˌæn θrə poʊˈsɛn trɪk //UK // (ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk) //

人类中心主义,人类中心论,人类中心主义的,人类为中心

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.
    • : assuming human beings to be the final aim and end of the universe.
    • : viewing and interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values.

Examples

  • The name, incidentally, is adjacent to anthropocentric, and concerns relevancy to human experience or existence.

  • It challenges us to shift our focus from anthropocentric systems—such as time keeping—to the rhythms of nature.

  • The universally adopted view of the structure of the universe was geocentric, of the world, anthropocentric.

  • That Mr. Fiske is merely reviving gross anthropocentric views he himself admits.

  • But if nothing in nature is aimless or useless, this is not to be interpreted in a narrow anthropocentric spirit.

  • After the geocentric illusion had been destroyed, the anthropocentric illusion still remained.

  • The degeneration theory has exploded as entirely as the geocentric and anthropocentric theories have vanished.