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Anthropocentric

adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Placing humans at the center of something, giving preference to humans above all other considerations.

    "But just as we recognize that nature doesn't provide a very good guide for human social conduct, isn't it anthropocentric of us to assume that our moral system offers an adequate guide for what should happen in nature?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    human-centered wordnet

Etymology

From anthropo- + -centric.

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