biosociologicaladj.

1894 Monist 4 ii. 261 (title) The problem of women, from a bio-sociological point of view.

1912 Harvard Law Rev. 25 498 The philosophical type of bio-sociological theory of law proceeds in one form or another upon the idea of selection.

1936 E. van Loo tr. Bouger Introd. Criminol. iv. 77 ‘Every crime is the resultant of individual, physical and social conditions.’.. This view was shared by several later authors... Its adherents form what is called the ‘biosociological school’.

1977 I. Volgyes & N. Volgyes Liberated Female xi. 50 In combination with economic and to some extent bio-sociological developments, this attitude compels the woman to assume her motherly duty and, as a result, to be absent from work a few days a year.

2000 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 27 June (Editorial) A14 The explanation is bio-sociological. Instead of actively hunting and fishing as their ancestors did, modern aboriginals, both in and out of Ontario, are adopting all the vices of white culture.