anthropogenic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From anthropo- + -genic, attested 1889.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌæn θrə pəˈdʒɛn ɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Adjective
[edit]anthropogenic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny; anthropogonic.
- 1952 The cosmogonic and anthropogenic myths are of secondary importance in Yahwistic religiosity. (H. H. Gerth & D. A. Martindale (trans.), M. Weber's Ancient Judaism ix. 227)
- Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.
- anthropogenic climate change
- Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
- 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “1. Eagles”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 20: Steller's Sea-Eagle:
- The approximately 4,000 remaining adult birds in this species are also threatened by the usual palette of anthropogenic factors, including habitat destruction, oil and gas drilling and disruption of fish movement by dams.
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[edit]pertaining to the origin of man
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having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature
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