geneticism en · NOUN
Etymology
From genetic + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The belief that a text is best understood by studying its origins and history.
If the analysis of fluid texts requires a more sophisticated treatment of versions than we have heretofore witnessed, there is no doubt that geneticism makes a significant contribution.
2002, John L. Bryant, The Fluid Text: A Theory of Revision and Editing for Book and Screen, page 75:Clines believes that a particular view of the nature of knowledge is promoted by the practice of geneticism: the belief that a text is best understood when its sources are reconstructed and its pre-history determined.
2010, Jean-Paul Gedeon, Building Vision: A Constructivist-Developmental Approach to Spiritual Growth and Leadership, page 14: