ANTHROPOCENTRIC

anthropocentric

(adjective) human-centered; “our anthropocentric view of the world”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

anthropocentric (comparative more anthropocentric, superlative most anthropocentric)

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

Source: Wiktionary


An`thro*po*cen"tric, a. Etym: [Gr.

Definition: Assuming man as the center or ultimate end; -- applied to theories of the universe or of any part of it, as the solar system. Draper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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