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geocentricism

geocentricism is the alternative form of geocentrism.

Meaning of geocentrism

Noun

geocentrism (uncountable)

  1. A belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.
  2. (informal) The misbelief that the Sun revolves around the Earth.
    • The most famous major challenge was the modern rejection of geocentrism and its acceptance of heliocentrism: that is, the rejection of the view that the sun, planets, and stars all revolve around the earth in favor of the view that the earth and planets revolve around the sun. You can understand...2009 June 1, Andrew Pessin, The God Question: What Famous Thinkers from Plato to Dawkins Have Said About the Divine, Oxford: Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, section III, page 109

Questions about geocentricism

What is geocentricism the alternative form of?
Geocentricism is the alternative form of geocentrism.

Words near geocentricism in the dictionary

  1. geocentric
  2. Geocentric Co-ordinate Time
  3. Geocentric Coordinate Time
  4. geocentrical
  5. geocentrically
  6. geocentricism
  7. geocentricity
  8. geocentrick
  9. geocentrism
  10. geocentrist
  11. geocentrists

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