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carbon chauvinism

carbon chauvinism noun: the doctrine that the molecules responsible for the chemical processes of life must be constructed primarily from carbon.

Noun

carbon chauvinism (uncountable)

  1. (derogatory) The doctrine that the molecules responsible for the chemical processes of life must be constructed primarily from carbon.
  2. (derogatory) The doctrine that artificial intelligence cannot possibly be sentient or truly intelligent because its physical substrate is not biological, carbon-based matter.

Questions about carbon chauvinism

What does carbon chauvinism mean?
Carbon chauvinism means the doctrine that the molecules responsible for the chemical processes of life must be constructed primarily from carbon.
What part of speech is carbon chauvinism?
Carbon chauvinism is a noun.

Words near carbon chauvinism in the dictionary

  1. carbon black
  2. carbon budget
  3. carbon budgets
  4. carbon burning
  5. carbon capture
  6. carbon chauvinism
  7. carbon chauvinist
  8. carbon chauvinists
  9. carbon chloride
  10. carbon copied
  11. carbon copies

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