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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience. uncountable
2. 2
   A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that life creates the universe rather than the other way around. uncountable

Etymology

From bio- + -centrism. The cosmological view was proposed in 2007 by American scientist Robert Lanza.

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