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HEREDITARIANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hereditarianism mean? 

HEREDITARIANISM (noun)
  The noun HEREDITARIANISM has 1 sense:

1. the philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growthplay

  Familiarity information: HEREDITARIANISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEREDITARIANISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The philosophical doctrine that heredity is more important than environment in determining intellectual growth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hereditarianism" is a kind of...):

philosophical doctrine; philosophical theory (a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy)

Antonym:

environmentalism (the philosophical doctrine that environment is more important than heredity in determining intellectual growth)


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