"biopolitics" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From bio- + politics. Sense 2 was developed by Michel Foucault in The History of Sexuality (1976), sense 3 by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri in Empire (2000). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|bio|politics}} bio- + politics Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} biopolitics (uncountable)
  1. The interdisciplinary studies relating biology and political science. Tags: uncountable
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  2. Politics (style of government) that regulates populations through biopower. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-biopolitics-en-noun-j4pIT6qR
  3. Anticapitalist insurrection using life and the body as weapons. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-biopolitics-en-noun-0OEQh~Sl
  4. The political application of bioethics. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-biopolitics-en-noun-OQoVNzG2
  5. A political spectrum that reflects positions towards the sociopolitical consequences of biotechnology. Tags: uncountable Translations (Translations): biopolitiikka (Finnish), Biopolitik [feminine] (German), βιοπολιτική (viopolitikí) [feminine] (Greek), biopolitika (Serbo-Croatian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: biopolitical, biopolitician Coordinate_terms: psychopolitics
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