hereditarianism

/ həˌrɛdɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. psychol a school of thought that emphasizes the influence of heredity in the determination of human behaviour Compare environmentalism

Example Sentences

Almost all of them were advocates of hereditarianism and eugenics.

From New York Times

The 1920s and 1930s were the heyday of hereditarianism, the belief that heredity decisively shaped human nature and difference.

From Scientific American

Crude hereditarianism often re-emerges after major advances in biological knowledge: Darwinism begat eugenics; Mendelism begat worse eugenics.

From Nature