hereditarian
English edit
Etymology edit
From hereditary + -an.
Noun edit
hereditarian (plural hereditarians)
- One who advocates hereditarianism. [from 19th c.]
Adjective edit
hereditarian (comparative more hereditarian, superlative most hereditarian)
- Pertaining to hereditarianism.
- 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 293:
- When it reported in 1908, it took a strongly hereditarian view of mental deficiency, which was not surprising given that many of its members were paid-up eugenists.