anthroparchy
anthroparchy noun: a social system of attitudes, practices, and institutions through which the natural world and non-human animals are dominated to the benefit of humans.
Noun
anthroparchy (plural anthroparchies)
- A social system of attitudes, practices, and institutions through which the natural world and non-human animals are dominated to the benefit of humans.
- I think, rather, that the anthroparchy's fully legitimate origin allows us to grant it the force and power necessary to fulfill its important mission.2010, Rafael Domingo, chapter I, in The New Global Law, page 119
- I suggest that five sub-systems, sets of institutions and processes network to form a social system of anthroparchy.2010, Judith Burnett, Syd Jeffers, Graham Thomas, editors, New Social Connections: Sociology's Subjects and Objects, page 100
Forms of anthroparchy
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Origin of anthroparchy
From anthrop- + -archy. Coined by Erika Cudworth (2005, E. Cudworth, Developing Ecofeminist Theory: The Complexity of Difference).
Questions about anthroparchy
- What does anthroparchy mean?
- Anthroparchy means a social system of attitudes, practices, and institutions through which the natural world and non-human animals are dominated to the benefit of humans.
- What part of speech is anthroparchy?
- Anthroparchy is a noun.
- What is the plural of anthroparchy?
- The plural of anthroparchy is anthroparchies.
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