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anthropocentric
(redirected from anthropocentrically)

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an·thro·po·cen·tric  (nthr-p-sntrk)
adj.
1. Regarding humans as the central element of the universe.
2. Interpreting reality exclusively in terms of human values and experience.

anthro·po·centri·cal·ly adv.
anthro·po·cen·trici·ty (-trs-t) n.
anthro·po·centrism n.

anthropocentric [ˌænθrəpəʊˈsɛntrɪk]
adj
regarding man as the most important and central factor in the universe
anthropocentrism  n
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Adj.1.anthropocentric - human-centered; "our anthropocentric view of the world"
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anthropocentric [ˌænθrəʊʊˈsentrɪk] ADJantropocéntrico
anthropocentric


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Part of the burden of this essay, then, is to shift the weight of theological emphasis away from understanding the Spirit either theocentrically or anthropocentrically toward an explicitly biocentric model of the Spirit in nature.
 
 
 
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