biologism
English
Noun
biologism (usually uncountable, plural biologisms)
- The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior. [from 20th c.]
- 1988, Angela Carter, “Eric Rhode: On Birth and Madness”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 95:
- But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation.
See also
References
- biologism, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. File retrieved Nov. 11. 2007.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French biologisme.
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