biological roots

collocation in English

meaningsofbiologicalandroot

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biological
adjective
uk
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
connected with the natural processes of ...
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root
noun[C]
uk
/ruːt/us
/ruːt/
the part of a plant that grows down into the earth to get water and food and holds the plant firm in ...
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(Definition ofbiologicalandrootfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The present findings underscore the need to include culture in the study of resilience, in addition to its biological roots and social correlates.
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Anybody seriously interested in the biological roots of sociology and certainly every one working in the field must read, and preferably own, this book.
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Contemporary theories about temperament suggest that it has biological roots but also is influenced by environmental processes.
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Rhythm clearly, however, has biological roots that are not limited to speech and apply to a variety of perceptual and motor systems.
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As a consequence, it is a more all-encompassing interdisciplinary concept, but maintains deep biological roots.
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Some scientists believe both evolutionary psychology and neuropsychology suggest that human violence does indeed have biological roots.
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Language and symbolic culture must have biological roots, hence semiotic principles must apply also in the animal world.
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Brad was actually adopted and was forced to go searching for his biological roots on his own.
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Thus, of the five types of contents envisaged by its founders, only the second and to a lesser extent the third remain, largely shorn of their biological roots.
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