ANTHROPIC | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Anthropic

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

early 19th century (in the sense ‘relating to human beings’): from Greek anthrōpikos, from anthrōpos ‘human being’: the second sense may also be interpreted as a shortening of anthropogenic

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: anˈθrɒpɪk
Dialects: British English
Definition:

(in philosophy and cosmology) involving or concerning the existence of human life, especially as a constraint on theories of the universe

Short Definition:

involving existence of human life

Examples:
  • anthropic reasoning is only interesting in a scientific sense if it can help us understand how the universe came to be the way it is
Definition:

(typically of environmental degradation) caused by human beings; anthropogenic

Short Definition:

anthropogenic

Examples:
  • anthropic climate change

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