sociobiology

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noun

The science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.

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Meanings

nounsociobiology (usually uncountable, plural sociobiologies)

plural sociobiologies

  1. uncountableusuallyThe science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.

    Sociobiology forms a unifying theory of the social interactions in the human and in the animal world. Its principle unifying human and animal societies is the maximisation of genetic fitness by the individual.

    1999, Peter Koslowski, Sociobiology and Bioeconomics: The Theory of Evolution in Biological and Economic Theory, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 1

    Synonyms: biosociology

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe science that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour in both humans and animals.

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biosociology
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biosociology

Origin

From socio- + biology, popularized by E. O. Wilson's Sociobiology: The New Synthesis (1975).

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Translations

Finnish sosiobiologia
  • sosiobiologiascience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
German Soziobiologie
  • Soziobiologiescience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
Hungarian szociobiológia
  • szociobiológiascience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
Polish socjobiologia, biosocjologia
  • socjobiologiascience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
  • biosocjologiascience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
Portuguese sociobiologia
  • sociobiologiascience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
Swedish sociobiologi
  • sociobiologiscience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour
Tagalog ulnuhaynayan
  • ulnuhaynayanscience that applies the principles of evolutionary biology to the study of social behaviour

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sociobiology

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Anagrams

biosociology
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APA

sociobiology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociobiology

MLA

“sociobiology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociobiology. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sociobiology,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sociobiology.

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