Anthropocene

Etymology
From a combination of modeled on, , and similar. First attested in the 1960s in the translations of Russian-language scientific articles, possibly with a different meaning. Supposedly coined independently in the 1980s by and later popularized by Dutch atmospheric chemist  in 2000.

Proper noun

 * 1)   A proposed but rejected geological, in which the effect of human activities on the global environment has disrupted the natural variability of the Holocene, ending the Holocene.
 * 2)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).
 * 1)   The 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).

Usage notes
The term has not been adopted in the official geological nomenclature. Defining the time of human impact on the environment as a geological event within the Holocene (rather than a separate epoch) has also been proposed. It is widely acknowledged that a loose and informal sense of the term lives on in popular usage, irrespective of nomenclatural status as a geological event or epoch.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 人類世
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: antropotseen
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: Ανθρωπόκαινο
 * Japanese: 人新世, アントロポセン, アンソロポシーン
 * Korean: 인류세
 * Persian: آنتروپوسین
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Antropoceno
 * Russian: Антропоце́н
 * Slovak: antropocén
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: