Bioessentialist
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Espousing, characteristic of, or related to bioessentialism.
"Far from acknowledging the indeterminacy and fluidity of the self, these writers insisted on a bioessentialist conception of identity, presenting their own mediumistic capabilities as the product, not of revelation, piety, or rigorous practice, but rather of evolutionary destiny and inherited capacity."
Example
More examples"Far from acknowledging the indeterminacy and fluidity of the self, these writers insisted on a bioessentialist conception of identity, presenting their own mediumistic capabilities as the product, not of revelation, piety, or rigorous practice, but rather of evolutionary destiny and inherited capacity."
Etymology
From bio- + essentialist.
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