biosociality

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ sociality.

Noun

biosociality (countable and uncountable, plural biosocialities)

1. The role and status of humans and their social connections in relation to biological status.
   • 2007, Sahra Gibbon, Carlos Novas, Biosocialities, Genetics and the Social Sciences, page 82:

     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.

   • 2016, Gisli Palsson, Nature, Culture and Society:

     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.

   • 2018, Joel Christian Reed, Landscapes of Activism:

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