geocentrism
noun [ U ] uk/ˌdʒiː.əʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/ us/ˌdʒiː.oʊˈsen.trɪ.zəm/
地心说
the false idea that the Earth is at the centre of the universe, with the sun and the other planets moving around it
Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the centre.
Galileo's findings put him in opposition to the official geocentrism of the Church. 伽利略的发现使他站在了教会官方认可的地心说的对立面。
Compare: heliocentrism
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- The Arab astronomer Al-Battani (Albatenius) disproved the Ptolemaic dogma of geocentrism long before Copernicus published his famous treatise.
- Some still proclaim geocentrism today as a "definite teaching of the Bible".
- The idea that the Earth is the centre of God’s attention is not the same as advancing arguments for physical geocentrism.