biologism

English

Etymology

From biology +‎ -ism.

Noun

biologism (usually uncountable, plural biologisms)

1. 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 2013, p. 95:

     But Sophocles and Rhode are both very much concerned with crude biologism vis-à-vis the Oedipal situation.

See also

• biological determinism

References

• biologism, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. File retrieved Nov. 11. 2007.