bioecological
/ˌbʌɪəʊˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/ /ˌbʌɪəʊˌɛkəˈlɒdʒɪkl/adjective
1 Biology. Of or relating to the ecology of organisms and their interactions with each other.
2 Psychology. Designating or relating to a model of the development of individual human behaviour and personality which posits that inherited tendencies manifest only as a result of continuing interaction with the environment.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Journal of Mammalogy. From bio- + ecological, after bioecology.
- non-specialist
- nonspecie
- non-specific
- non-specificity
- non-specific urethritis
- non-speech
- non-spiritual
- nonstaining
- non-standard
- non-starter
- non-state actor
- non-status
- non-stellar
- non-steroidal
- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent
- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
- non-stick
- non-stimulating
- non-stoichiometric
- non-stoichiometry
- non-stop
- non-striker
- nonstruck
- nonstructuralist
- non-subject