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bioconservative

adj

Etymology

From bio- + conservative.

  1. derived from cōnservō — “to preserve”
  2. borrowed from conservatif
  3. prefixed as bioconservative — “bio + conservative”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by bioconservatism.

    • So what's all that got to do with transhumanism, and why do I think that transhumanists are actually more bioconservative than their opponents?
    • I will argue that Pet Sematary and The Tommyknockers can fruitfully be read as bioconservative fables, thematic enactments of the kind of worst-case scenarios postulated by theorists such as Bill McKibben, Leon Kass, and Francis Fukuyama.
    • We can emphasize the idea that enhancement need not undermine bioconservative values by imagining a type of enhancement that promotes these values.

  2. A proponent of bioconservatism.

    • Among the technologies bioconservatives frequently deride are genetic modification of both plants and animals, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, all forms of cloning and radical life extension.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA