anthropocentricism, anthropocentrism
(-ˈsɛntrɪsɪz(ə)m, -ˈsɛntrɪz(ə)m)
[f. anthropocentric a. + -ism.]
An anthropocentric view or doctrine.
| 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl., Anthropocentricism. 1909 Webster, Anthropocentrism, the assumption that man is the center of all things. 1912 J. H. Moore Ethics & Educ. xvii. 141 There is a doctrine called Anthropocentricism... According to this theory, man is the centre of the universe. 1922 Q. Rev. July 97 The last shreds of anthropocentrism have been worn away. 1936 V. A. Demant Chr. Polity v. 103 To confine theological seriousness to God's redemptive work in man..is a disguised form of the very anthropocentricism which this doctrine intends to oppose. 1941 A. Huxley Grey Eminence iii. 79 Theocentrism produces better ethical results than anthropocentrism and moralism. 1956 Sc. Jrnl. Theol. IX. 72 The anthropocentricism and moralism of Hebrew theology. |