bioessentialism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌbaɪəʊɪˈsɛnʃəlɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌbaɪoʊəˈsɛn(t)ʃəˌlɪzəm/ (General-American)
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..
Meanings
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(uncountable) The philosophy that biology plays a larger role in determining human psychology or development than social, economic, or environmental factors.
[…] this book investigates a Spiritualist ethos dedicated, not to indeterminacy, but to bioessentialism, racial and hereditary determinism, and the prenatal fixity of character.
2012, Christine Ferguson, Determined Spirits: Eugenics, Heredity and Racial Regeneration in Anglo-American Spiritualist Writing, 1848-1930, page 2:Here the ghetto-centric individualism of the poor appears to have defeated the convenient bioessentialism of the elite.
2000, Paul Gilroy, Against Race: Imagining Political Culture Beyond The Color Line, page 266: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.
2019 March, Samantha Bedford, “Jordan Peterson: Intellectual Or Imposter?”, in On Dit, University of Adelaide, page 37: