hereditarianism

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What does hereditarianism mean?

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

Where does hereditarianism come from?

Etymology tree English hereditary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos 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 *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō 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.

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