biological determinism
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.74 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
8
Syllables
14
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The hypothesis that biological factors such as an organism's genes (as opposed to social or environmental factors) determine the majority of psychological and behavioural traits.
Uncountable
noun
The interpretation of humans and human life from a strictly biological point of view.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Some of the definitions of feminism floating around the peace movement these days sound like little more than a call to validate Victorian cultural femininity. 'Women are peacemakers, men are warriors. […] Feminism is about love and nurturance. As mothers we know about that.' This is biological determinism."
- "Roe V. Wade: a flawed, but revolutionary pronouncement, the first real break in the prison of biological determinism that has kept women in their place."
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Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Biology.