Copernicus became a symbol, that of heliocentrism.
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Heliocentrism
Synonyms for "heliocentrism" (2 found)
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54 translations across 50 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- heliosentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Albanian
1 entries- heliocentrizëm noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Armenian
1 entries- հելիոցենտրիզմ noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Asturian
1 entries- heliocentrismu noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- heliosentrizm noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Basque
1 entries- heliozentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Belarusian
1 entries- геліяцэнтры́зм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Bulgarian
1 entries- хелиоцентри́зъм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Catalan
1 entries- heliocentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 日心說 /日心说 noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Czech
1 entries- heliocentrismus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Danish
1 entries- heliocentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Dutch
1 entries- heliocentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Esperanto
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Estonian
1 entries- heliotsentrism noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Finnish
2 entries- aurinkokeskisyys noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
- heliosentrismi noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
French
1 entries- héliocentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Galician
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Georgian
1 entries- ჰელიოცენტრიზმი noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
German
1 entries- Heliozentrismus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Greek
1 entries- ηλιοκεντρισμός noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Hungarian
1 entries- heliocentrizmus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Ido
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Indonesian
1 entries- heliosentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Interlingua
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Italian
1 entries- eliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Japanese
2 entries- 地動説 noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
- 太陽中心説 noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Kazakh
1 entries- гелиоцентризм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- гелиоцентризм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Latin
1 entries- heliocentrismus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Latvian
1 entries- heliocentrisms noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Lithuanian
1 entries- heliocentrizmas noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Heliozentrismus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Macedonian
1 entries- хелиоцентризам noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Maltese
1 entries- eljoċentriżmu noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- heliosentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- heliosentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Occitan
1 entries- eliocentrisme noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Polish
1 entries- heliocentryzm noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Portuguese
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Romanian
2 entries- heliocentrism noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
- хелиочентрисм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Russian
1 entries- гелиоцентри́зм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- heliocentrìzam noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
- хелиоцентрѝзам noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Slovak
1 entries- heliocentrizmus noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Slovene
1 entries- heliocentrizem noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Spanish
1 entries- heliocentrismo noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Swedish
1 entries- heliocentrism noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Ukrainian
1 entries- геліоцентри́зм noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Uzbek
1 entries- geliotsentrizm noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
Yiddish
1 entries- העליאָצענטריזם noun (the theory that the sun is the center of the universe)
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1923, Felix Adler, "The Reconstruction of the Spiritual Ideal," American Ethical Union, 68. Geocentrism has been displaced by heliocentrism. Heliocentrism, in turn, the claim of the sun, surrounded by its satellites, to a sovereign place in the heavens, has become ridiculous in the face of the wilderness of suns that people the abysses beyond us.
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It wasn't until the Renaissance that scientists such as Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo Galilei showed proof for heliocentrism, or the idea that the planets moved around the sun.
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You would think the practitioners of the dismal science of economics would look at their demand curves and the data on incomes and taxes and pronounce a verdict, the way Galileo and Copernicus did when they showed that geocentrism was a fantasy because the Earth revolves around the sun (known as heliocentrism).
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