Last Updated ：2025/11/23

geocentrism

Noun

uncountable informal

Japanese Meaning

宇宙の中心が地球であるという信念。 / （非公式）太陽が地球の周りを回っているという誤った信念。

Although modern astronomy has disproved geocentrism, the historical debate over Earth's place in the cosmos still fascinates scholars.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

現代の天文学は地球中心説を否定していますが、宇宙における地球の位置をめぐる歴史的な議論は依然として学者たちを魅了しています。

Details

Sense（1）

A belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.

Sense（2）

(informal) The misbelief that the sun revolves around the Earth.

The most famous major challenge was the modern rejection of geocentrism and its acceptance of heliocentrism: that is, the rejection of the view that the sun, planets, and stars all revolve around the earth in favor of the view that the earth and planets revolve around the sun. You can understand why the ancients might have been drawn to geocentrism: it does rather look as if the heavens revolve around the earth, after all, as the sun moves from east to west during the day and then pops up again the next morning in the east.

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