anthropogenic definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: of or ... of the origins and development of human beings [syn: anthropogenetic, anthropogenic] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1923 of, relating to, or resulting from the influence of human beings on nature < anthropogenic pollutants > • anthropogenically adverb Webster's 1913 Dictionary Anthropogenic An`thro*po*gen"ic, a. Of or pertaining to ...