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Meaning of Anthropocene in English:

Anthropocene

Pronunciation /ˈanθrəpəˌsiːn/

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adjective

  • Relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

    ‘we've become a major force of nature in this new Anthropocene epoch’
    • ‘The idea that we have already entered an Anthropocene Era exaggerates our impact on the Earth.’
    • ‘Human impact on climate has made this the "Anthropocene Age."’
    • ‘The Earth has entered the so-called Anthropocene Era—the geological era in which humans are a significant and sometimes dominating environmental force.’
    • ‘Well, if we bring extinction events closer to home, there is our very own omnipresent, continually unfolding, late Holocene (or early Anthropocene, according to some) extinction event.’
    • ‘In the Anthropocene era, freshwater will be in different places where it exists at all.’

noun

the Anthropocene

  • The current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

    • ‘some geologists argue that the Anthropocene began with the Industrial Revolution’

Origin

Early 21st century from anthropo-, on the pattern of Holocene, Pleistocene, etc..