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apanthropinisation

UK/æpænˌθɹəʊpɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən/

apanthropinisation noun: the broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity.

Noun

apanthropinisation (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity.
    • In short, the primitive human conception of beauty must, I believe, have been purely anthropinistic — must have gathered mainly around the personality of man or woman; and all its subsequent history must be that of an apanthropinisation (I apologise for the ugly but convenient word), a gradual...1880, Oct.: Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen [contrib.] and George Croom Robertson (editor) of the Mind Association, Mind, volume 5 (№ 20), page 451 ^〃 (Williams and Norgate) · (also quoted, with...
    • In short, the primitive human conception of beauty must, I believe, have been purely anthropinistic — must have gathered mainly around the personality of man or woman; and all its subsequent history must be that of an apanthropinization (I apologize for the ugly but convenient word), a gradual...1881, Jan.: The Popular Science Monthly, volume 18 (1880–1881), page 344 ^〃 (D. Appleton); quoting verbatim, but not literatim, the text of the first occurrence in Mind [1880] hereinbefore (minor...

Forms of apanthropinisation

alternative formapanthropinization

Origin of apanthropinisation

Coined by C. Grant B. Allen in 1880 in volume 5 of the quarterly-review journal Mind : Ap- (from Ancient Greek ἀπ- (ap-, “off, away”)) + anthropinism (“human-focused consideration”) + -isation, noun suffix denoting the action of the suffixed verb. See also apanthropy.

Questions about apanthropinisation

What does apanthropinisation mean?
Apanthropinisation means the broadening of the ambit of one’s preoccupations and concerns away from a narrow focus on those things most palpably human and most closely pertinent to humanity.
What part of speech is apanthropinisation?
Apanthropinisation is a noun.
How do you pronounce apanthropinisation?
Apanthropinisation is pronounced /æpænˌθɹəʊpɪnaɪˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near apanthropinisation in the dictionary

  1. Apaneca
  2. Apangi
  3. apans
  4. apansporoblastic
  5. apanthropia
  6. apanthropinisation
  7. apanthropinization
  8. apanthropinizations
  9. apanthropy
  10. Apanto
  11. apantomancy

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