genoism
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Andrew Niccol, director and writer of the 1997 film Gattaca.
Noun edit
genoism (uncountable)
- Discrimination on the basis of genetic profile.
- 2013, Sidney Eve Matrix, Cyberpop: Digital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture, →ISBN:
- Genoism, racism, and sexism are shown to be compatible and mutually reinforcing systems for maintainng socioeconomic inequality in the not-too-distant future, just as they were within the eugenics movement and within contemporary American culture.
- 2014, John Weaver, The Failure of Evangelical Mental Health Care, →ISBN:
- Branham taught a quite literal form of Christian genoism, where salvation was dependent upon one's bloodline (Douglas Weaver 123–125).
- 2017, Dalton Conley, Jason Fletcher, The Genome Factor: What the Social Genomics Revolution Reveals about Ourselves, Our History & the Future, →ISBN:
- There is much written about privacy, “genoism” (genetic discrimination by the likes of insurance companies), and personalized medicine.