biosocial

English

Etymology

bio- + social

Adjective

biosocial (not comparable)

  1. (biology, sociology) Of or pertaining to both biological and social features.
    • 1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 12, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 199:
      Man’s so-called instinctual needs are actually shaped—and this may include inhibiting, fostering, or even creating “needs”—by the social games prevalent in his milieu. The view of a dual, biosocial determination of behavior has become incorporated into psychoanalytic theory through increasing emphasis on ego psychology and object relationships.

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