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BIOLOGISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does biologism mean?
• BIOLOGISM (noun)
The noun BIOLOGISM has 1 sense:
1. use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior
Familiarity information: BIOLOGISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("biologism" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Derivation:
biologistic (of or relating to biologism)
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