biologism

noun

Etymology

From biology + -ism.

  1. borrowed from biologia
  2. suffixed as biologism — “biology + ism

Definitions

  1. The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially…

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

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for biologism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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