biocentrism

  • 1Biocentrism — (from Greek: βίος, bio , life ; and κέντρον, kentron , center ) is a term that has several meanings but is commonly defined as the belief that all forms of life are equally valuable and humanity is not the center of existence. Biocentric… …

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  • 2biocentrism — biocentrísm s. n. Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  BIOCENTRÍSM s. n. concepţie care abordează de pe o poziţie fiziologică motivaţia unui comportament psihic. (< bio + centrism) Trimis de raduborza, 15.09.2007. Sursa …

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  • 3biocentrism — noun see biocentric …

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  • 4biocentrism — noun the view or belief that the rights and needs of humans are not more important than those of other living things. Derivatives biocentric adjective biocentrist noun …

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  • 5biocentrism — /baɪoʊˈsɛntrɪzəm/ (say buyoh sentrizuhm) noun a view of the world which accords intrinsic value to all forms of life (opposed to anthropocentrism). –biocentric, adjective …

  • 6biocentrism — …

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  • 7David Orton (deep ecology) — David Keith Orton David Orton at home in Nova Scotia Full name David Keith Orton Born 6 January 1934(1934 01 06) Portsmouth, England …

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  • 8Anthropocentrism — (from Greek: άνθρωπος, anthropos , human being ; and κέντρον, kentron , center ): Anthropos (the term, like “human”, refers to both men and women) meaning humans must be considered at the center of, and above any other aspect of reality Fact|date …

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  • 9biocentric — adjective Date: circa 1889 considering all forms of life as having intrinsic value < a biocentric philosophy > • biocentrism noun …

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  • 10Speciesism — involves assigning different values or rights to beings on the basis of their species membership. The term was coined by British psychologist Richard D. Ryder in 1973 to denote a prejudice based on physical differences.Ryder, Richard. [http://www …

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