anthropocentric

anthropocentric
/an'threuh poh sen"trik/, adj.
1. regarding the human being as the central fact of the universe.
2. assuming human beings to be the final aim and end of the universe.
3. viewing and interpreting everything in terms of human experience and values.
[1860-65; ANTHROPO- + -CENTRIC]

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Universalium. 2010.

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