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genocentric

genocentric adjective: focusing on genes or genetics.

Adjective

genocentric (comparative more genocentric, superlative most genocentric)

  1. Focusing on genes or genetics.
    • Animal social behaviours, such as altruism, now yielded to genocentric theories such as kin selection and reciprocal altruism.2006, Robin Headlam Wells, Johnjoe McFadden, Human nature: fact and fiction, page 16

Forms of genocentric

comparativemore genocentric
superlativemost genocentric

Origin of genocentric

From geno- + -centric.

Questions about genocentric

What does genocentric mean?
Genocentric means focusing on genes or genetics.
What part of speech is genocentric?
Genocentric is an adjective.

Words near genocentric in the dictionary

  1. Genoans
  2. genoas
  3. genoblast
  4. genoblastic
  5. genoblasts
  6. genocentric
  7. genocentrism
  8. genocidable
  9. genocidaire
  10. genocidaires
  11. genocidal

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