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genetic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/d͡ʒɪˈnɛt.ɪk/
jə-nĕt'ĭk
/ˈdʒɛn.ʈɪks/ (South-Asia)
/ˈdʒɛ.nə.ʈɪk/ (South-Asia)
(Southern-England) audio
/d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/

Etymology

Coined from genesis, similarly to antithesis, antithetic. Reflects Ancient Greek γενετικός (genetikós), from γένεσις (génesis) + -κός (-kós). Ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “I come into being”). By surface analysis, gene + -tic or gen(esis) + -etic.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Relating to genetics or genes.
- 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. 2013 May-June, David Van Tassel, Lee DeHaan, “Wild Plants to the Rescue”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:
- “DNA from hunter-gatherers is present at higher levels in Northeastern Europe, which means the region has an elevated genetic risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease,” Barrie said. 2024 January 11, Katie Hunt, “Gene that protected humans 5,000 years ago may be linked to debilitating modern disease”, in CNN:
(not-comparable) Caused by genes.
(not-comparable) Of or relating to origin (genesis).
- 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. 1858, Year-Book Of Facts In Science And Art For 1858:
(not-comparable) 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.
(not-comparable) Based on a shared membership in a religious family.
- 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. 2016 September 15, Koji Yamashiro, edited by Yochai Ataria, David Gurevitz, Haviva Pedaya, and Yuval Neria, Trauma and Monotheism: Sugmund Freud’s Moses and Monotheism and the Possibility of Writing a Traumatic History of Religion, Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →DOI, →ISBN, page 251:

Deriveds

genetically · gene · genetics

Synonyms

genic · hereditary · genealogical

Translations (46)

te జన్యుపరమైన (relating to genetics or genes) · ka გენეტიკური (relating to genetics or genes) · hu genetikai (relating to genetics or genes) · cy genynnol (relating to genetics or genes) · nl erfelijk (caused by genes) · ia genetic (relating to genetics or genes) · pt genético (relating to genetics or genes) · cs genetický (relating to genetics or genes) · bg генен (caused by genes) · da genetisk (relating to genetics or genes) · ka გენეტიკის (relating to genetics or genes) · ca genèsic (caused by genes) · ga géiniteach (relating to genetics or genes) · be генеты́чны (relating to genetics or genes) · cy genynnol (caused by genes) · es genético (relating to genetics or genes) · nl genetisch (relating to genetics or genes) · fi geneettinen (relating to genetics or genes) · ro genetic (relating to genetics or genes) · sv genetisk (relating to genetics or genes) · kmr bomaweyî (relating to genetics or genes) · te జన్యు (relating to genetics or genes) · vi di truyền (caused by genes) · io genezala (relating to genetics or genes) · bg генетичен (relating to genetics or genes) · yi גענעטיש (relating to genetics or genes) · it genetico (relating to genetics or genes) · hi अनुवांशिक (caused by genes) · uk генети́чний (relating to genetics or genes) · ga gineach (relating to genetics or genes) · pl genetyczny (relating to genetics or genes) · hu genetikai (caused by genes) · fr génétique (relating to genetics or genes) · oc genetic (relating to genetics or genes) · ca genètic (relating to genetics or genes) · nl genetisch (caused by genes) · de genetisch (caused by genes) · ru генети́ческий (relating to genetics or genes) · ast xenéticu (relating to genetics or genes) · sv genetisk (caused by genes) · lv ģenētisks (relating to genetics or genes) · ja 遺伝的 (relating to genetics or genes) · hi अनुवांशिक (relating to genetics or genes) · de genetisch (relating to genetics or genes) · eo genetika (relating to genetics or genes) · gl xenético (relating to genetics or genes)