non-geneticadj.

1902 Philos. Rev. 11 358 The intuitionalist..proclaims thereby its objective reference; but in asserting its non-genetic character he denies any reference whatsoever.

1904 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 492 The parallel to this in ordinary, non-genetic psychology is the analytic study of the adult human mind.

1941 Philos. Rev. 50 446 Philosophy is in large part concerned with the theoretical, non-genetic underpinnings of scientific theory.

1982 Polit. Theory 10 262 A nongenetic hypothetical contract explanation of what sustains linguistic conventions.

1914 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 205 424 The existence of a significant correlation at all, if indeed not due to non-genetic factors.., must mean..that the 60 original ancestors comprised two or more biotypes.

1932 J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth vii. 207 The bulk of the observable differences..between the existing Scottish strain of Red deer and..the sub-fossil Scottish type are non-genetic and of no taxonomic significance.

1967 Jrnl. Pediatrics 70 402/2 It is unlikely that nongenetic factors alone are responsible for the manifestations of the syndrome.

1999 New Yorker 13 Dec. 63/1 There is cultural evolution—the selective transmission of nongenetic information from animal to animal.