anthropocentrism
/ˌænθrəpəʊˈsentrɪzəm/noun
उच्चारण ऐन्थ्रपोसेन्ट्रिज़म
मानव-केंद्रवाद, मानवकेंद्रिकता
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noun
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[U] formal
the belief that humans are the most important beings in the universe, or the habit of judging everything only in terms of its value to humans
मानव-केंद्रवाद, मानवकेंद्रिकता
- Many environmentalists criticize the anthropocentrism of modern economics.
Opposite biocentrism ecocentrism
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anthropocentric adjective
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⌂Word origin and word building
From Greek anthropos (human being) and kentron (centre), the same anthropo- as in anthropology.
यह Greek anthropos (मनुष्य) और kentron (केंद्र) से बना है, और इसमें वही anthropo- है जो anthropology में है।