biological determinism

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biological determinism (uncountable)

  1. The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.
    • 1982 April 15, Donna Warnock, “Feminism and Militarism: Can the Peace Movement Reach Out?”, in Win:
      Some of the definitions of feminism floating around the peace movement these days sound like little more than a call to validate Victorian cultural femininity. 'Women are peacemakers, men are warriors. [] Feminism is about love and nurturance. As mothers we know about that.' This is biological determinism.
  2. The interpretation of humans and human life from a strictly biological point of view.

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