biologistic
- adjective
- /ˌbaɪəˈlɒdʒɪstɪk/
- Jargon
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biologista
- Or is human behavior shaped by flexible cultural structures that are far more variable than biologistic models suggest?
Examples
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Government programs and nationalist rhetoric under Suharto's thirty-two years of leadership contributed to the maintenance of a socio-biologistic view of women as natural reproducers and primary caregivers.
Academic text (2007) -
Thus, The Second Sex is neither a biologistic nor a "social constructionist" work, she argues, and it seeks to offer neither causal explanations nor empirical accounts of women's oppression.
Academic text (2005) -
Some scientists adopt a biologistic perspective, arguing that genetics play a crucial role in shaping human behavior.
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The biologistic approach to education often emphasizes the importance of innate abilities over environmental influences.
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Critics of biologistic theories argue that they oversimplify the complex interplay between biology and culture.
Synonyms
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Relating to how biology affects social behavior in animals and people
Surface Forms
Morphology
biologistic = biologism (transparent) = biolog + istic
Meaning is directly derived from the idea of 'biologism' or from 'bio-' (life/biology): it denotes being oriented toward biological explanations.
Etymology
Biologistic comes from bio- meaning 'life' (seen in biology and biologist) and the ending -istic meaning 'relating to a belief or style'. So, biologistic describes a way of thinking that explains people or society mainly by biology or natural life rules.