anthropocentric

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.
    — 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?

词形变化

more anthropocentric comparative most anthropocentric superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νθρωπος (ắnthrōpos)der.
English anthropo-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der.
Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)
Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós)
Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der.
English -centric
English anthropocentric
From anthropo- + -centric.
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