genetic

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See also: genètic

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined from genesis[1], similarly to antithesis, antithetic.[2] Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). Equivalent to gene +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: jə-nĕt'ĭk, IPA(key): [d͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk], [d͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk]
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective[edit]

genetic (not comparable)

  1. (genetics) Relating to genetics or genes. [from 1908]
    • 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
      Plant breeding is always a numbers game. […] The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better.
  2. Caused by genes.
  3. Of or relating to origin (genesis). [from 1831]
    • 1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858
      All evidence tends to this conclusion, that the sun is the prime genetic agent of earthquakes and of every other pluto-dynamic impulse which acts against the crust of the planet, and breaks or elevates any of its parts.
  4. (linguistics) Based on shared membership in a linguistic family.
    Chinese has borrowed several words from English, but it does not have a genetic relationship to English.
  5. (theology) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
    • 2016 September 15, Yamashiro, Koji, Yochai Ataria, David Gurevitz, Haviva Pedaya, Yuval Neria, editors, Trauma and Monotheism: Sugmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism and the Possibility of Writing a Traumatic History of Religion‎[1], Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →ISBN, page 251:
      Guy Stroumsa (2011) proposes the use of the alternative term Abrahamic religions, emphasizing the genetic relationship between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and their branches, for which the idea of monotheism is not always central.

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References[edit]

  • genetic at OneLook Dictionary Search
  • genetic in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
  • "genetic" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 142.
  • genetic in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “genetic”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
  2. ^ “genetic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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Adjective[edit]

genetic (not comparable)

  1. genetic

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Adjective[edit]

genetic m (feminine singular genetica, masculine plural genetics, feminine plural geneticas)

  1. genetic

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French génétique.

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genetic m or n (feminine singular genetică, masculine plural genetici, feminine and neuter plural genetice)

  1. genetic

Declension[edit]

Declension of genetic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite genetic genetică genetici genetice
definite geneticul genetica geneticii geneticele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite genetic genetice genetici genetice
definite geneticului geneticei geneticilor geneticelor

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