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noun
An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
A cosmological theory viewing life and biology as central to being, reality, and the cosmos such that life creates the universe rather than the other way around.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From bio- + -centrism. The cosmological view was proposed in 2007 by American scientist Robert Lanza.
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