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  • noun the belief that all human characteristics are determined genetically

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Examples

  • We are also in an age where, in fantasy, the geneticism of Monsters has been normalized.

    Half-Centaur, Half-Chimera: Humanism and Science Fiction | Goblin Mercantile Exchange 2010

  • We are also in an age where, in fantasy, the geneticism of Monsters has been normalized.

    BlogGoblin Mercantile Exchange 2010

  • In recognizing genetic relations as a ground of parenthood, geneticism places parenthood in the nexus of other familial relations, such as being a sibling, a cousin, and so on, which appear to have a genetic basis.

    Parenthood and Procreation Bayne, Tim 2006

  • The argument can be challenged in at least two ways that are consistent with (though need not entail) geneticism.

    Parenthood and Procreation Bayne, Tim 2006

  • The end of the 20th century brought discoveries that have challenged the most the prevailing geneticism, and have also begun to replace the extreme forms of either preformationism or epigenesist with the sorts of interactionist models that were only offered as outlying alternatives in earlier decades.

    Epigenesis and Preformationism Maienschein, Jane 2005

  • According to geneticism, Stanley Hall tells us, all responses to shock are vestiges of once useful reactions.

    The Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1916

  • Anderson's answer contained quite a bit of unproved geneticism because he assumed that H-1Bs have superior genes compared to Americans, and he seemed to imply that the genes are passed onto their kids.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles 2009

  • If this argument succeeds, it may salvage geneticism, albeit by rejecting widely held intuitions as well as a practice that defenders of geneticism typically endorse (e.g. Harris

    Parenthood and Procreation Bayne, Tim 2006

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