"biological determinism" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} biological determinism (uncountable)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: biologism, genetic determinism, lookism
    Sense id: en-biological_determinism-en-noun-aKUUiVX1 Disambiguation of Biology: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 11
  2. The interpretation of humans and human life from a strictly biological point of view. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-biological_determinism-en-noun-0tKAn05a

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