Meanings
adjectivebiosocial (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologyOf or pertaining to both biological and social features.
1 more example
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.
1974, Thomas S. Szasz, chapter 12, in The Myth of Mental Illness, →ISBN, page 199
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
- Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
- Proto-Italic*sokjos
- Latinsokios
- Latinsocius
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinsociāli
- Middle Frenchsocia
- Englishsocial
- Englishbiosocial
Translations
Italian biosociale
- biosocialeTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
biosocial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosocial
MLA
“biosocial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosocial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biosocial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosocial.
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