biologize

verb

Etymology

From biology + -ize.

  1. borrowed from biologia
  2. suffixed as biologize — “biology + ize

Definitions

  1. To make biological

    To make biological; to assimilate into a biological framework or context.

    • Most important with regard to the healing capacity of the king's touch, human bodies have the ability to biologize experience. They have the capacity to incorporate or embody events as they are experienced[…]
    • Consequently, social scientists at turns reify institutions, biologize social categories, anthropomorphize offices, and mentalize corporate groups.

The neighborhood

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