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bioessentialism

noun

Etymology

From bio- + essentialism.

  1. derived from essentia
  2. borrowed from essentiālis
  3. formed as essentialism — “essential + -ism”
  4. prefixed as bioessentialism — “bio + essentialism”

Definitions

  1. The philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or…

    The philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.

    • Here the ghetto-centric individualism of the poor appears to have defeated the convenient bioessentialism of the elite.
    • […] this book investigates a Spiritualist ethos dedicated, not to indeterminacy, but to bioessentialism, racial and hereditary determinism, and the prenatal fixity of character.

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