English edit

Etymology edit

gene +‎ -like

Adjective edit

genelike (comparative more genelike, superlative most genelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of genes.
    • 2009 July 19, Steve Lohr, “The Crowd Is Wise (When It’s Focused)”, in New York Times[1]:
      They studied the genelike building blocks in more than 250 examples of collective intelligence enabled by the Web. The intent, they write, is to provide a systematic framework for thinking about collective intelligence, so “managers can do more than just look at examples and hope for inspiration.”