Antonyms for heredity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : huh-red-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : həˈrɛd ɪ ti |
Definition of heredity
Origin :- 1530s, from Middle French hérédité (12c.), from Latin hereditatem (nominative hereditas) "heirship, inheritance, condition of being an heir," from heres (genitive heredis) "heir, heiress," from PIE root *ghe- "to be empty, left behind" (cf. Greek khera "widow"). Legal sense of "inheritable quality or character" first recorded 1784; the modern biological sense seems to be found first in 1863, introduced by Herbert Spencer.
- noun transmission of traits from parents to offspring
- By heredity and discipline all minds are shaped to this great hour.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- We see that the heredity relation is an extremely complex affair.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- I agree that a man cannot for long conceal his true nature; we are what we are by heredity.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- Questions of heredity, procreation and education will be dealt with calmly and freely.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- He was one of those frequent cases which give the lie to the laws of heredity.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- There was no link wanting; the chain of heredity, logical and implacable, was unbroken.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- It grows out of the biological discussion of instinct, heredity, etc.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- It was the success in Composition which tickled his father's pride, for was not this a proof of heredity?
- Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
- Well, it seems to me that choice has got more right to be respected than heredity or law.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- Heredity is the principal organic cause of criminal tendencies.
- Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
Synonyms for heredity
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