geocentric

/jee-oh-sen-trik/US // ˌdʒi oʊˈsɛn trɪk //UK // (ˌdʒiːəʊˈsɛntrɪk) //

地心,地心主义,地心性,地心的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : having or representing the earth as a center: a geocentric theory of the universe.
- : using the earth or earthly life as the only basis of evaluation.
- : viewed or measured as from the center of the earth: the geocentric position of the moon.

The universally adopted view of the structure of the universe was geocentric, of the world, anthropocentric.
In the picturing of this future life the medival geocentric idea still forms the chief feature.
Contrariwise, his unqualified acceptance of the geocentric doctrine sufficed to place that doctrine beyond the range of challenge.
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.