Bipedalism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The habit of standing and walking on two feet; the state of being bipedal uncountable
  2. 2
    the bodily attribute of being bipedal; having two feet wordnet

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bipedism

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"Humans are in the process of evolving bipedalism, but haven't arrived there yet, as evidenced by our numerous back problems."

Etymology

From bipedal + -ism.

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