geocentrism
noun[U]
uk/ˌdʒiː.əʊˈsen..trɪ.zəm/us/ˌdʒiː.oʊˈsen..trɪ.zəm/thefalseideathat theEarthis at thecentreof theuniverse, with thesunand the otherplanetsmovingaround it:
Historically, heliocentrism wasopposedto geocentrism, whichplacedtheEarthat thecentre.
Galileo'sfindingsput him inoppositionto theofficialgeocentrism of theChurch.
Compare
heliocentrism
- TheArabastronomerAl-Battani (Albatenius)disprovedthe Ptolemaicdogmaof geocentrismlongbefore Copernicuspublishedhisfamoustreatise.
- Some stillproclaimgeocentrism today as a "definiteteachingof theBible".
- Theideathat theEarthis thecentreof God’sattentionis not the same asadvancingargumentsforphysicalgeocentrism.
The Earth & outer space - general words
- ablate
- aeolian
- alluvium
- anti-gravity
- atmosphere
- auroral
- biosphere
- geo-
- geophysicist
- globe
- lithospheric
- mesosphere
- mesospheric
- microgravity
- multiverse
- the Big Bang
- the big bang theory
- the firmament
- underground
- universe