biosociality

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noun

The role and status of humans and their social connections in relation to biological status.

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Meanings

nounbiosociality (countable and uncountable, plural biosocialities)

plural biosocialities

  1. countableuncountableThe role and status of humans and their social connections in relation to biological status.

    Taken together, these more recent studies indicate that biosociality, and what it produces in different contexts, unravels or is not very predictable.

    2018, Joel Christian Reed, Landscapes of Activism
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    Like Das, my research demonstrates that we should question the relevance of applying the concept of biosociality to every contemporary practice that involves emergent biological status.

    2007, Sahra Gibbon, Carlos Novas, Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences, page 82

    Such forms of biosociality depend on a host of factors — among other things, access to the Internet and local notions of health, medicine, personhood, and expertise.

    2016, Gisli Palsson, Nature, Culture and Society

Origin

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APA

biosociality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosociality

MLA

“biosociality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biosociality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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