anthropocentric

(noun)

Belief that human beings are the central or most significant species on the planet, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective.

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Examples of anthropocentric in the following topics:

  • The Rise of the Vernacular

    • The world was considered from an anthropocentric perspective.

  • Astronomy

    • Copernicus' De revolutionibus marks the beginning of the shift away from a geocentric (and anthropocentric) universe with the Earth at its center.