Another word for hereditary
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Adjective
Of or from one's ancestors
- Simple past tense and past participle of inherit.
- Obtained via an inheritance
- Of, relating to, or evolved from an ancestor or ancestors.
Possessed at birth
- Being such by birth or origin:
- Being a member of the original inhabitants of a particular place.
- Of, belonging to, or characteristic of such inhabitants:
- Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience:
- Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience:
- Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent:
- Simple past tense and past participle of inherit.
- Obtained via an inheritance
- Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience:
- Of or relating to a condition that is present at birth, as a result of either heredity or environmental influences:
- Being or having an essential characteristic as if by nature; inherent or inveterate:
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Another word for hereditary
Modifier
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- Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.
- Received or inherited from a father:
- Related through one's father:
- Existing naturally or by heredity rather than being learned through experience:
- Of or produced by the mind rather than learned through experience:
- Possessed as an essential characteristic; inherent:
- Of or relating to genetics or genes.
- Affecting or determined by genes:
- Of, relating to, or influenced by the origin or development of something.
- Simple past tense and past participle of inherit.
- Obtained via an inheritance
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