bioessentialism
Syllables: bi·o·es·sent·i·al·i·smUK/ˌbaɪəʊɪˈsɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/US/ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/
bioessentialism noun: the philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.
Noun
bioessentialism (uncountable)
- 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.2000, Paul Gilroy, Against Race: Imagining Political Culture Beyond The Color Line, page 266
- […] this book investigates a Spiritualist ethos dedicated, not to indeterminacy, but to bioessentialism, racial and hereditary determinism, and the prenatal fixity of character.2012, Christine Ferguson, Determined Spirits: Eugenics, Heredity and Racial Regeneration in Anglo-American Spiritualist Writing, 1848-1930, page 2
Origin of bioessentialism
From bio- + essentialism..
Words that rhyme with bioessentialism
Questions about bioessentialism
- What does bioessentialism mean?
- Bioessentialism means the philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.
- What part of speech is bioessentialism?
- Bioessentialism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce bioessentialism?
- Bioessentialism is pronounced /ˌbaɪəʊɪˈsɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
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