epäbiologinen
Epäbiologinen is a Finnish adjective meaning not biological or not based on biology. It is formed with the negating prefix epä- attached to the root biologinen (biological). The prefix epä- is a productive means of negation in Finnish, used to describe something as lacking or contrary to the property expressed by the stem word. As such, epäbiologinen characterizes explanations, processes, agents, or characteristics that do not originate in biological causes or mechanisms.
In usage, epäbiologinen is common in scientific, philosophical, and social-scientific discourse, where distinctions between biological and
Nuances and considerations: epäbiologinen does not specify what kind of non-biological basis is present; it simply
See also: biological, non-biological, prefix epë- in Finnish morphology, epistemology of biology.