Viewing humans as the central and most important element of existence, often at nature's expense.

Greek anthropos (human being) and kentron (centre)

Human-centred Homocentric Man-centred
Ecocentric Biocentric Nature-centred
"The Supreme Court has urged a shift from an anthropocentric to an ecocentric approach in wildlife jurisprudence."

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