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biologistic

biologistic adjective: of or relating to biological determinism.

Adjective

biologistic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to biological determinism.
    • Following Balibar's diagnosis, I argue here that Shakespeare's Othello provides a canonical articulation of this protoracism insofar as the play fashions the Muslim in the image of the Jew according to the protocols of Pauline exegesis; in Balibar's terms, Othello stages a "culturalist" rather than...1999, Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen, Shakespeare and the Literary Tradition, →ISBN, page 263

Forms of biologistic

alternative formbiologistical

Origin of biologistic

From biology + -istic.

Words formed from biologistic

Questions about biologistic

What does biologistic mean?
Biologistic means of or relating to biological determinism.
What part of speech is biologistic?
Biologistic is an adjective.

Words near biologistic in the dictionary

  1. biologics
  2. biologies
  3. biologism
  4. biologisms
  5. biologist
  6. biologistic
  7. biologistical
  8. biologistically
  9. biologists
  10. biologization
  11. biologizations

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