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biopoetics

biopoetics noun: a form of literary criticism that takes into account biopsychological processes.

Noun

biopoetics (uncountable)

  1. A form of literary criticism that takes into account biopsychological processes.
    • There is a literary-scientific movement called biopoetics, led by the Harvard professor E. O. Wilson, that wants the humanities, as he wrote in his 1999 book Consilience, rationalized.2007 November 4, D. T. Max, “Swanns Hypothesis”, in New York Times

Origin of biopoetics

From bio- + poetics.

Questions about biopoetics

What does biopoetics mean?
Biopoetics means a form of literary criticism that takes into account biopsychological processes.
What part of speech is biopoetics?
Biopoetics is a noun.

Words near biopoetics in the dictionary

  1. bioplay
  2. bioplays
  3. bioplot
  4. bioplots
  5. biopoesis
  6. biopoetics
  7. biopoiesis
  8. biopolishing
  9. biopolitical
  10. biopolitically
  11. biopolitician

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