antropocen

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• IPA^(key): /an.trɔˈpɔ.t͡sɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔt͡sɛn
• Syllabification: an‧tro‧po‧cen

antropocen m inan

1. Anthropocene (proposed but rejected geological epoch, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the Holocene, ending the Holocene)
2. Anthropocene (era of human impact on the environment, irrespective of its nomenclatural status as a geological event or epoch; especially, the era of large impact (i.e., on industrial and postindustrial scale))

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