biologism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]biologism (usually uncountable, plural biologisms)
- The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior. [from 20th c.]
- 1988, Angela Carter, “Eric Rhode: On Birth and Madness”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 95:
- But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation.
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[edit]References
[edit]- biologism, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. File retrieved Nov. 11. 2007.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French biologisme.
Noun
[edit]biologism n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit] declension of biologism (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) biologism | biologismul |
genitive/dative | (unui) biologism | biologismului |
vocative | biologismule |