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Antipode
Published: 12th August 2021
Citation: Astronist Institution. (2021). Antipode. Available: https://www.astronism.com/astronary/astrosoteriology/antipode. Last accessed [enter date e.g. 15th Aug 2021].
ˈantɪpəʊd
noun Astrosoteriology
the present condition of humanity according to Astronist doctrine as subsisting in a state of self-worship and self-concern, thus averted from the centrality of the astronomical world; this is due to the aftereffects of the Controversion since which anthropocentrism and anthropomorphism are regarded to have reigned supreme.
DERIVATIVES AND ALTERNATIVE PHRASES
the Antipodal
the Antipodality
the Antipody
Antipodal | anˈ tɪpəd(ə)l | adjective
Antipodally | anˈ tɪpəd(ə)li | adverb
Antipodality | anˈ tɪpəd(ə)lɪti | noun
ORIGINS AND ETYMOLOGY
Astro-English: from Astronese, the word antipode is used to denote “that which is opposite” meaning in an Astronist context “all that is opposed to the astronomical world” or opposed to a “cosmocentric worldview.”
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