Usually means: Belief that genetics determine characteristics.
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  1. hereditarianism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. hereditarianism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. Hereditarianism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. hereditarianism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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▸ noun:  The school of thought that heredity is more important than factors such as environment in determining intelligence and behaviour.

Similar:
Jensenism, environmentalist, Herbartianism, Herbartian, functionalism, Herbartism, essentialism, Spencerism, historism, neo-Hegelianism, more...

Opposite:
environmentalism, nurture over nature

Types:
eugenics, social Darwinism, survival of fittest, more...

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Similar:
Jensenism, environmentalist, Herbartianism, Herbartian, functionalism, Herbartism, essentialism, Spencerism, historism, neo-Hegelianism, more...

Opposite:
environmentalism, nurture over nature

Types:
eugenics, social Darwinism, survival of fittest, more...



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