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subpersonal

subpersonal adjective: of or pertaining to factors underlying the personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors.

Adjective

subpersonal (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to factors underlying the personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors
    • So there remains the problem of linking the intended whole-person disposition to a subpersonal disposition of a rather different kind.2007 September 29, Toby Handfield, Alexander Bird, “Dispositions, rules, and finks”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI

Origin of subpersonal

From sub- + personal.

Questions about subpersonal

What does subpersonal mean?
Subpersonal means of or pertaining to factors underlying the personal level of moral explanation, such as biological or chemical factors.
What part of speech is subpersonal?
Subpersonal is an adjective.

Words near subpersonal in the dictionary

  1. subpermanently
  2. subpermutation
  3. subpermutations
  4. subperoxisomal
  5. subperpendicular
  6. subpersonal
  7. subpersonalities
  8. subpersonality
  9. subperturbation
  10. subperturbations
  11. subpetaloid

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