geneticism noun. [dʒɪ'nɛtɪsɪz(ǝ)m] M20.
[from GENETIC + -ISM.]
Orig., the theory that an individual's form and behaviour can be explained in terms of the history of both the individual and the race. Now (usu. derog.), the belief that human characteristics are genetically determined.

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