Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to anthropogenesis.
- adjective Caused by humans.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to anthropogeny.
- adjective caused by humans; -- .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective pertaining to the origin of man, or
anthropogeny - adjective having its origin in the influence of human activity on
nature .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings
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Examples
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Re 94 - AGW vs NGW - the term anthropogenic global warming merely implies it is caused by humans, and says nothing of whether humans are natural or not.
RealClimate 2009
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Re 94 - AGW vs NGW - the term anthropogenic global warming merely implies it is caused by humans, and says nothing of whether humans are natural or not.
RealClimate 2009
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AGW vs NGW - the term anthropogenic global warming merely implies it is caused by humans, and says nothing of whether humans are natural or not.
RealClimate 2009
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AGW vs NGW - the term anthropogenic global warming merely implies it is caused by humans, and says nothing of whether humans are natural or not.
RealClimate 2009
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Mike L on Off-Topic: Icebergs Gone Wild: Jackie, then perhaps your original post should have considered inclduing the term anthropogenic since nothing posted comes close to a refutation that global warming (ie …
Stand Firm 2009
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WHEREAS, the earth has been cooling for the last eight years despite small increases in anthropogenic carbon dioxide; and
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If we address the energy issue, which whether or not you believe in anthropogenic global warming means getting off of oil, then we do make the connection to key national issues.
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Look, I know the Conservatives are busy pretending they believe in anthropogenic global warming to appeal to the centre-left, but spare me.
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Look, I know the Conservatives are busy pretending they believe in anthropogenic global warming to appeal to the centre-left, but spare me.
John Baird, Let Me Save You The Trouble On This One « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Whether you believe in anthropogenic global warming or not, energy efficiency and wastefulness has become one of the hottest items in environmental concerns for political parties and among voters.
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Climate change caused by human activity is called "anthropogenic forcing".
2 Key Climate Terms to Know Lisa Moore 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anthropogenic
JM is undertaking some serious anthropogenic pondering.
December 17, 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anthropogenic
JM wishes more anthropogenic images were more photogenic images.
April 6, 2011