Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bioessentialism

/ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bi-o-es-sent-i-al-i-sm
IPA: /ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/

19

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

8

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Here the ghetto-centric individualism of the poor appears to have defeated the convenient bioessentialism of the elite."
"[…] this book investigates a Spiritualist ethos dedicated, not to indeterminacy, but to bioessentialism, racial and hereditary determinism, and the prenatal fixity of character."
"Peterson's bioessentialism appeals to the spurned white man, cognizant of his financial and marital insecurity - his lack of social prominence is not his own fault, but due to the perversion of nature by the principle of egalitarianism, and without the demasculinating force of feminism, he could reach his full predestined potential."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin essentiālisbor. English essential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English essentialism English bioessentialism From bio- + essentialism..

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/
British English: /ˌbaɪəʊɪˈsɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

bioessentialist

Rhymes With

antiessentialism nonessentialism

Questions

How do you pronounce bioessentialism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/.
What does bioessentialism mean?: The philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.
Where does bioessentialism come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-t Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Archaic Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumder. Latin *essēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin essentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin essentiālisbor. English essential Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English essentialism English bioessentialism From bio- + essentialism..

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