bioessentialist
bioessentialist adjective: espousing, characteristic of, or related to bioessentialism.
Adjective
bioessentialist (comparative more bioessentialist, superlative most bioessentialist)
- Espousing, characteristic of, or related to bioessentialism.
- Far from acknowledging the indeterminacy and fluidity of the self, these writers insisted on a bioessentialist conception of identity, presenting their own mediumistic capabilities as the product, not of revelation, piety, or rigorous practice, but rather of evolutionary destiny and inherited...2012, Christine Ferguson, Determined Spirits: Eugenics, Heredity and Racial Regeneration in Anglo-American Spiritualist Writing, 1848-1930, page 14
- This is important because, if the move away from bioessentialist understandings of sexuality and toward an acceptance of sexual and gender fluidity is a lasting trend, there are significant sociological implications in the areas of sex and gender, sexualities, and social movements.2018, Mary Robertson, Growing Up Queer: Kids and the Remaking of LGBTQ Identity, page 7
Noun
bioessentialist (plural bioessentialists)
- A proponent of bioessentialism.
Forms of bioessentialist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more bioessentialist |
| superlative | most bioessentialist |
| Noun | |
| plural | bioessentialists |
Origin of bioessentialist
From bio- + essentialist.
Questions about bioessentialist
- What does bioessentialist mean?
- Bioessentialist means espousing, characteristic of, or related to bioessentialism.
- What part of speech is bioessentialist?
- Bioessentialist can be an adjective or a noun.
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