Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

genocentric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: geno-cen-tric
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Focusing on genes or genetics.

Example Sentences

"Animal social behaviours, such as altruism, now yielded to genocentric theories such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism."

Etymology

From geno- + -centric.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: geno
Suffix: centric

Inflected Forms

more genocentric (comparative) most genocentric (superlative)

Questions

What does genocentric mean?: Focusing on genes or genetics.
Where does genocentric come from?: From geno- + -centric.

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