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noun
The school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining intelligence and behaviour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: environmentalism
Broader terms: philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory
History
Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English hereditarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English hereditarianism From hereditarian + -ism.
