Synonyms for heredity
həˈrɛd ɪ tihered·i·ty

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1. hereditynoun

   the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

   Synonyms:
   genetic endowment

2. heredity, genetic endowmentnoun

   the total of inherited attributes

   Synonyms:
   genetic endowment

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1. List of paraphrases for "heredity":

   inheritance, heritability

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1. Bert Vogelstein:

   The first thing someone looking on the web would see is cancer is caused by environment or heredity.

2. J. B. S. Haldane:

   We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.

3. Ralph Kiner:

   There's a lot of heredity in that family.

4. E. B. White:

   Heredity is a strong factor, even in architecture. Necessity first mothered invention. Now invention has little ones of her own, and they look just like grandma.