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biologizing

biologizing is the present participle and gerund of biologize.

Meaning of biologize

Verb

biologize (third-person singular simple present biologizes, present participle biologizing, simple past and past participle biologized)

  1. (transitive) To make biological; to assimilate into a biological framework or context.
    • In the "nature vs. nurture" scientific debate, however, those seeking a biological explanation for social phenomena were losing the ideological battle. According to Healey, a political struggle opened up against "biologizing" scientists, charging that to search for the basis of social ills in...2004 October 7, Leslie Feinberg, “Can a homosexual be a member of the Communist Party?”, in Workers World

Questions about biologizing

What is biologizing the present participle and gerund of?
Biologizing is the present participle and gerund of biologize.

Words near biologizing in the dictionary

  1. biologization
  2. biologizations
  3. biologize
  4. biologized
  5. biologizes
  6. biologizing
  7. biology
  8. biolubricant
  9. biolubricants
  10. biolubrication
  11. bioluminance

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