geocentricismn.
/ˌdʒiːə(ʊ)ˈsɛntrᵻsɪz(ə)m/, /dʒɪəˈsɛntrᵻsɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌdʒioʊˈsɛntrəˌsɪzəm/ Astronomy.
= geocentrism n.
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1865 Dublin Rev. Oct. 337 The Church did all she could to retain men in the darkness of Geocentricism.
1882 Nation (N.Y.) 35 340/3 And did not he [sc. Bacon] cling to geocentricism, which was still prevailingly current in his day?
1926 Harvard Theol. Rev. 19 249 Geocentricism crumbled, while anthropocentricism raised its head.
2003 Buddhist-Christian Stud. 23 169 For Dogen, anthropocentricism as well as geocentricism must be overcome.
2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 21 Nov. s2 It gets rid of all of that geocentricism and rational intelligence and the way you want to dominate things, and you suddenly realize you are just hanging on by the skin of your teeth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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