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anthropocentrism

position that human beings are the central species, or the assessment of reality through an exclusively human perspective
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Summary

anthropocentrism is a concept[1]. anthropocentrism ranks in the top 10% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,408 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: political philosophy[3], exceptionalism[4]
  • Commons category: Anthropocentrism[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anthropocentrism[6]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[8]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Human rights[9]
  • Characteristic of: human[10]

Why It Matters

anthropocentrism has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] anthropocentrism is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

anthropocentrism has been cited as an influence by nature conservation[13], an academic discipline[14].

FAQs

Who did anthropocentrism influence?

anthropocentrism has been cited as an influence by nature conservation[13].

Related Entities

nature conservation

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Anthropocentrism
    Subclass of → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Human rights
    Described by source → Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)
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