anthropogenic

Adjective

1. of or relating to the study of the origins and development of human beings
   • Synonyms
     • anthropogenetic
   • Pertains to
     • anthropogenesis
     • anthropogeny
     • anthropogenesis
     • anthropogeny
   • Related
     • anthropogenesis
     • anthropogeny
     • anthropogenesis
     • anthropogeny

LookUp Adjective

1. Ecology (chiefly of pollution or environmental change) originating in human activity anthropogenic emissions of sulfur dioxide | belief in anthropogenic climate change

Origin

late 19th century (in sense ‘relating to the study of human development’): from anthropo- + -genic