Definition

The belief that humans are the most important entity on the planet. 

Further reading
Anthropocentrism - Encyclopaedia Britannica (Boslaugh, 2016) [website]
Anthropocentrism - Oxford Bibliographies Online (Padwe, 2013) [website]
Related

anthropocentric; environmental ethics; environmental philosophy; homocentric; homocentrism; human-centred; humanism; humanocentrism; human exceptionalism; human supremacy

See also
Anthropocene
Biocentrism
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