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Definition of Anthropocentricity
1. Noun. An inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.
Generic synonyms: Partiality, Partisanship
Derivative terms: Anthropocentric, Anthropocentric
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anthropocentricity
Literary usage of Anthropocentricity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sursum Corda: A Defence of Idealism (1898)
"They use it as a term of reproach ; and they seem to think that the folly of
anthropocentricity— if I may be allowed to form a noun from their favourite ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1888)
"The human element involved or Bested in the idea of fitness is nothing to the
humanity, or " anthropocentricity," of the expressions into which he slips, ..."
3. Modern Science and the Illusions of Professor Bergson by Hugh Samuel Roger Elliot (1912)
"Very flattering for us, no doubt: but where are the facts which redeem the doctrine
from the charge of gross anthropocentricity ? ..."
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