Definition of Biologism

1. Noun. Use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior.

Generic synonyms: Pattern, Practice
Derivative terms: Biologistic

Definition of Biologism

1. Noun. The use or emphasis of biological principles or methods in explaining human, especially social, behavior. ¹

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Definition of Biologism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Biologism

biological terrorism
biological therapy
biological time
biological transport
biological value
biological vector
biological warfare
biological warfare defence
biological warfare defense
biological weapon
biological weapons
biologically
biologicals
biologics
biologies
biologism (current term)
biologisms
biologist
biologistic
biologists
biology
biology department
biology lab
biology laboratory
bioluminescence
bioluminescent
bioluminescently
biolyses
biolysis

Literary usage of Biologism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The System of Animate Nature: The Gifford Lectures Delivered in the by John Arthur Thomson (1920)
"It is erroneous, on the other hand, and a fallacious biologism to think that human evolution can be scientifically handled without a recognition of Man as a ..."

2. Collected papers on analytical psychology by Carl Gustav Jung, Constance Ellen Long (1917)
"But Freud and Adler content themselves with the result of mere reduction, according to their scientific biologism and naturalism. But here a very important ..."

3. The Control of Life by John Arthur Thomson (1921)
"Materialism and biologism.—The particular classification of the outer world which any one adopts does not perhaps matter much—different schemes appeal to ..."

4. The Legitimacy of International Organizations by Jean-Marc Coicaud (2001)
"To reject Aristotelian biologism and yet to believe in the naturalness of society requires an heroic effort of social metaphysics, an effort which we ..."

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