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社会生物学 (しゃかいせいぶつがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

社しゃ会かい生せい物ぶつ学がく

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sociobiology

Academic field studying the biological basis of social behavior.

社しゃ会かい生せい物ぶつ学がくは、動どう物ぶつの社しゃ会かい行こう動どうを進しん化かの

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Sociobiology is a field that studies animal social behavior from an evolutionary perspective.

Kanji

社company, firm, office
会meeting, meet, party
生life, genuine, birth
物thing, object, matter
学study, learning, science

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社しゃ会かい+生せい物ぶつ学がく

Etymology

Compound of 社会 (society) + 生物学 (biology). A calque of English 'sociobiology'.