anthropic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anthropic in British English:
UK [æn'θrɒpɪk]
How to pronounce anthropic in American English:
US [æn'θrɒpɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to mankind or the period of mankind's existence
Word Origin
- anthropic (adj.)
- "pertaining to man," 1836, from Greek anthropikos "human," from anthropos "male human being, man" (see anthropo-). Related: Anthropical (1804).
Example
- 1. The strong form of the anthropic principle is not very satisfactory .
- 2. For the oasis : anthropic activities is major forces .
- 3. The thesis in anthropic mechanism is not that the everything can be completely explained in mechanical terms ( although some anthropic mechanists may also believe that ) , but rather that everything about human beings can be completely explained in mechanical terms , as surely as can everything about clockwork or gasoline engines .
- 4. There are two versions of the anthropic principle , the weak and the strong .
- 5. This solution satisfies many physicists but leaves many others implacably hostile to anthropic resolutions of physics problems .