单词 | hereditarian |
释义 | hereditarianadj.n. A. adj. Of or relating to the theory or belief that characteristics are significantly or principally determined by genetic rather than environmental factors (esp. with regard to human mental faculties such as intelligence). Cf. hereditarianism n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > [adjective] > of genetics or evolution Lamarckian1846 Darwinian1859 Darwinite1860 polygenistic1860 vestigian1860 Darwinistic1863 monogenistic1865 un-Darwinian1869 pre-Darwinian1870 Darwinic1871 hereditarian1873 monogenetic1873 pangenetic1875 phylogenic1875 evolutionistic1876 Darwinical1881 neo-Lamarckian1884 Darwinizing1886 neo-Darwinian1888 unigenist1896 Haeckelian1897 pangenic1900 Mendelian1902 monogenic1902 pre-Mendelian1902 Weismannian1903 autonomistic1904 adaptionist1915 adaptationist1931 gradualist1931 selectionist1944 Morganist1949 saltationist1954 punctuational1976 punctuationalist1978 punctuationist1979 1873 Pop. Sci. Monthly Dec. 171 The importance which is generally attributed to works on pedagogy is of itself a protest against the abuse of hereditarian theories. 1922 L. Stoddard Revolt against Civilization ii. 37 Rare thinkers who, like Shakespear with his famous lines about ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’, evidently grasped the hereditarian idea. 1975 Oxf. Rev. Educ. 1 20 Eysenck cheated by calling the second type of theory hereditarian and the third type environmentalist. 2007 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 30 Mar. 9 Mr. Nisbett bridles at the hereditarian claim that I.Q. is 75 to 85 percent heritable; the real figure, he thinks, is less than 50 percent. B. n. An advocate of hereditarian theory or belief. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > theories > person holding theory > [noun] > of genetics or evolution transmutationist1844 progressionist1845 developist1846 developmentist1847 monogenist1857 polygenist1857 Darwinian1860 Darwinite1860 developmentarian1860 permutationist1860 developmentalist1862 monogenesist1862 polygenesist1862 Darwinist1864 evolutionist1866 natural selectionist1869 homogenist1874 derivationist1875 transformista1879 hereditarian1881 hereditist1885 derivatist1887 preformationist1888 fortuitist1890 Lamarckite1890 neo-Lamarckian1890 neo-Darwinist1891 vestigian1891 neo-Darwinian1892 selectionist1892 preformist1895 recapitulationist1897 transmissionist1899 Mendelian1903 mutationist1903 Weismannian1903 adaptationist1904 Mendelist1906 Lysenkoist1949 Morganist1950 Lamarckian1953 gradualist1970 macromutationist1975 punctuationalist1978 saltationist1978 punctuationist1980 1881 J. Owen Evenings with Skeptics I. v. 446 The modern hereditarian regards himself as the offspring, mentally as well as physically, of a long succession of ancestors going back as far as the anthropoid ape. 1896 E. A. Fay in Amer. Ann. Deaf June 233 Some of the most eminent hereditarians believe that acquired characteristics are never transmitted. 1929 Burlington (Iowa) Hawk-eye 24 Feb. 5/6 So one becomes an hereditarian and goes about proclaiming that environment can't make any difference. 1979 New Scientist 15 Mar. 849/2 Modern biology has transcended the name-calling dichotomy of hereditarians versus environmentalism. 2006 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 26 Aug. 35 The hereditarians maintain low intelligence, in particular, is resistance to change, and that governments could be wasting their money on early intervention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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