单词 | postbiological |
释义 | > as lemmaspostbiological postbiological adj. Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)bʌɪəˈlɒdʒᵻkl/ , U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˌbaɪəˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ (a) (originally) shaped or affected by cultural rather than by biological forces; (b) (later also) relating to, or produced or characterized by (the use of) non-biological technologies that modify or replace biological life forms or parts of these (esp. the human body and mind).ΚΠ 1960 J. Huxley in S. Tax Evol. of Life 18 The inorganic phase of [evolution] is pre-biological, the human is post-biological. 1975 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 61 1059 Kanter argued that urban communes—based on a Boston sample—are the ultimate ‘post-biological’ family. 1991 J. Mander In Absence of Sacred 4 From there, it's on to the ‘postbiological age’ of nanotechnology and robotics, whose advocates don't even pretend to care about the natural world. 2001 D. Bell Introd. to Cybercultures vii. 146 Post-humans may be partly or mostly biological in form, but will likely be partly or wholly postbiological—our personalities having been transferred ‘into’ more durable, modifiable, and faster, and more powerful bodies and thinking hardware. < as lemmas |
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