anthropocentric
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English
Etymology
Adjective
anthropocentric (comparative more anthropocentric, superlative most anthropocentric)
- Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
- 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 325:
- But just as we recognize that nature doesn't provide a very good guide for human social conduct, isn't it anthropocentric of us to assume that our moral system offers an adequate guide for what should happen in nature?
Derived terms
Translations
giving preference to humans