autopoiesis
Autopoiesis
Self-creation; self-organizationSelf-creation; self-organization.
/ˌɔːtəʊpɔɪˈiːsɪs/
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Self-creation; self-organization.
Autopoiesis
Translations
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By meaning 1
self-creation:
Origin
Coined in 1972 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, from auto- +Coined in 1972 by Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela, from auto- + -poiesis. (see also Ancient Greek αὐτόποιος (autópoios, “self-produced”)).
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