Biologism

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior. uncountable, usually

    "But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation."

  2. 2
    use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior wordnet

Example

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"But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation."

Etymology

From biology + -ism.

Related phrases

biological determinism

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