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Wellesley effect

Wellesley effect proper noun: synonym of McClintock effect.

Proper noun

Wellesley effect

  1. Synonym of McClintock effect.
    • Similar, if milder, versions of the same are reported in some (but not all) studies of humans, ranging from the Wellesley effect, discussed in the introduction, to heterosexual women preferring the smell of high-testosterone men.2017, Robert Sapolsky, Behave, Penguin, →ISBN

Synonyms of Wellesley effect

Origin of Wellesley effect

Observed at Wellesley College.

Questions about Wellesley effect

What does Wellesley effect mean?
Wellesley effect means synonym of McClintock effect.
What part of speech is Wellesley effect?
Wellesley effect is a proper noun.

Words near Wellesley effect in the dictionary

  1. Welles
  2. Wellesbourne
  3. Wellesbourne and Walton
  4. Wellesian
  5. Wellesley
  6. Wellesley effect
  7. Wellesley Hills
  8. Wellesleyan
  9. wellest
  10. welleth
  11. wellfare

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